МАПИРАЊЕ НА „СИНТЕЗАТА НА УМЕТНОСТИТЕ“ ВО МАКЕДОНСКИ КОНТЕКСТ

Abstract

“The Synthesis of the Arts” is institutionalized as phenomenon through the German language in the 19th century: Gesamtkunstwerk (total work of art) and Einheitskunstwerk (unified artwork). Although both terms signify unity of architecture, painting and sculpture, the first refers to the synthesis of the arts based on creative collaborations, while keeping up the autonomy of the expressions as different components, and the second refers to an essential unity between arts as common conceptual foundation of inner-cause and artistic principles that produce unified and indivisible artwork. We can recognize Gesamtkunstwerk throughout whole architectural history, while Einheitskunstwerk belongs exclusively to the epoch of modernity and modern architectural thought. We recognize “The Synthesis of the Arts” in Macedonian context as self-conscious method and goal in the formation of the creative groups of mixed character (painters, sculptors, architects, etc.), following the example of the Yugoslav avant-garde in the mid-twentieth century. This paper represents original mapping of the manifestations of this phenomenon of “The Synthesis of the Arts” in Macedonian context, a specific episode of Macedonian modernism, and serves as a methodological base for further inquiries. It promotes detailing of theoretical knowledge derived from the broader cultural context as a significant tool in the process of learning architecture, and the relevance of the phenomenon “The Synthesis of the Arts” in the study of Macedonian architecture. It also highlights the important difference between architectural historiography and architectural biography of one city.