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H. HEGEL AND V. I. IVANOV: THE HIGHEST AIM OF ART // Tomsk State Pedagogical University Bulletin. 2012. Issue 5 (120). P. 236-241

The problem of correlation between aesthetic ideas in texts by Hegel and Ivanov is investigated. The main point is the question about the symbol. The definitions of this notion in books of both thinkers are analyzed. For Hegel symbol is only a scientific sign, for Ivanov it’s a religious sing. They understand the main aim of art equally: as sensitive representation of Absolute. But there means are different: Hegel suggests overcoming symbolism by classicism, Ivanov says about raising art up to religious creativity.

Keywords: aesthetics, H. Hegel, V. I. Ivanov, symbolism, symbol, the highest aim of art, classicism, romanticism, religious creativity

V. I. IVANOV AND A. A. BLOK: AESTHETIC INTERSECTIONS AND PARALLELS // Tomsk State Pedagogical University Bulletin. 2013. Issue 5 (133). P. 56-62

The development of creative relations between V. Ivanov and A. Blok is investigated. It is shown, that in the beginning of friendship the two poets were delighted with each other, but at the end of history of symbolic school there was no harmony in their relations. The main point of the polemics was the essence of symbolism. Ivanov wrote that symbolism had to be religious art; Blok thought that art might be free of any political or religious idea.

Keywords: creativity, art, V. Ivanov, A. Blok, russian symbolism, russian aesthetics of the beginning of 20th century