Modern applied art style of Jūlijs Madernieks. Inspiration for contemporary designers and mathematics
Sirica, Inese
Jūlijs Madernieks (1870–1955) is a unique personality in the history of Latvian art, who has purposefully dedicated his life to the creation of original sample compositions of applied art, which today can surely be called “the style of Madernieks” [1]. He has also been called the first Latvian designer. An innovator, since in his original compositions he combined Latvian ethnography, the mythically fabulous local nature, visualisation of his lyrically musical feelings in ornament and the latest findings in the art of his time. Madernieks’ ornaments might be interesting and “understandable” to nowadays mathematicians and programmers. Thanks to the ambitious project of the Institute of Art History of the Art Academy of Latvia at the beginning of the 21st century – to write the history of Latvian art in six volumes from prehistory to the present day – those interested have got the opportunity to see Jūlijs Madernieks’ creative heritage in the local and European context of art history. So far, three volumes of Latvian Art History have been published, revealing the artistic phenomena in Latvia from the end of the 18th century up to 1940 [2]. All volumes have been recognised by the Latvian Academy of Sciences as highlights of 2014, 2016, 2019 in Latvian science. The interpretations of the researchers published in these collective monographs also helped to shape this text.
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