MONETARY NOTES OF THE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC : GEORGIY NARBUT'S GRAPHIC SOLUTIONS AS AN EXPRESSION OF NATIONAL IDENTITY
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https://doi.org/10.35619/ucpmk.50.1000Keywords:
Ukrainian graphic art, Heorhiy Narbut, monetary symbolism, visual identity of the Ukrainian People's Republic, national identity, karbovanets banknotes, Shah StampsAbstract
The article explores the artistic concept developed by Heorhiy Narbut in the creation of the banknotes of the Ukrainian People's Republic as an important manifestation of national identity through the means of graphic design.
The study analyses the artist9s original solutions in the composition, typography, colour schemes, and ornamentation of karbovanets banknotes, hryvnias, and Shah Stamps, which became not only functional elements of the young republics state-building and financial system but also carriers of profound cultural significance. Special attention is given to the use of national symbols, heraldic motifs, decorative typographic styles, and plastic means of artistic design, which, combined with the traditions of Ukrainian Baroque and the trends of European Modernism, formed an original visual language of the era. It is established that Heorhiy Narbut9s design projects reflect the aspirations for cultural selfdetermination and the ideas of national revival, thus demonstrating the artist9s significant contribution to the formation of Ukraine9s national visual culture at the beginning of the )) century.
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