@article{Magun_2018, title={Illuminated by Darkness: Two Symbolist Masterpieces}, volume={6}, url={https://stasisjournal.net/index.php/journal/article/view/113}, DOI={10.33280/2310-3817-2018-6-2-222-253}, abstractNote={<div class="page" title="Page 1"> <div class="section"> <div class="layoutArea"> <div class="column"> <p>The article is dedicated to the problem of negativity in modernist art. It ties together the substantive gloom of a modernist artwork with the catastrophes that happen at the level of its form. In this sense, there is a difference among the shock aesthetic of mass culture, the abstraction of avant-garde, and the ideological and figurative construction that is provided by a symbolist artwork. The article offers an apology of symbolism, primarily in plastic arts, and demonstrates its incessant influence.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div&gt;}, number={2}, journal={Stasis}, author={Magun, Artemy}, year={2018}, month={Dec.} }