Georgian modernism

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Georgian modernism was an early 20th-century artistic and literary movement in Georgia that blended European modernist trends with distinct national themes, folklore, and symbolism.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Georgian modernism canonical 4
Georgian Symbolism 3
Georgian literary avant-garde 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf artistic movement
literary movement
aim to renew Georgian literature and art
to synthesize European modernist techniques with Georgian national culture
country Georgia
faced censorship in the Soviet Union
followedBy Socialist realism in Georgia
genre drama
music
painting
poetry
prose
theatre
hasNotableFigure David Kakabadze
Galaktion Tabidze NERFINISHED
Grigol Robakidze NERFINISHED
Konstantine Gamsakhurdia NERFINISHED
Kote Marjanishvili NERFINISHED
Lado Gudiashvili NERFINISHED
Mikheil Javakhishvili NERFINISHED
Niko Pirosmani
Paolo Iashvili NERFINISHED
Shalva Dadiani NERFINISHED
Titsian Tabidze
hasNotableGroup Blue Horns
hasPart Georgian literary modernism
Georgian musical modernism
Georgian theatrical modernism
Georgian visual arts modernism
language Georgian language
surface form: Georgian
mainRegion Tbilisi
movementInfluencedBy European modernism
Expressionism
Futurism
Impressionism
Russian avant-garde
surface form: Russian modernism

Symbolism
periodContext Democratic Republic of Georgia
surface form: Democratic Republic of Georgia (1918–1921)

early Soviet period
late Russian Empire
startTime early 20th century
theme historical memory
individual versus society
modernity and tradition
national identity
spiritual quest
usesElement Christian symbolism
Georgian folklore
experimental language
free verse
innovative imagery
medieval Georgian literary traditions
mythological motifs
national symbolism
nonlinear narrative
rural themes
urban themes

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Lado Gudiashvili movement Georgian modernism
I See the Sun associatedWith Georgian modernism
this entity surface form: Georgian Symbolism
The Wind Blows associatedWith Georgian modernism
this entity surface form: Georgian Symbolism
Artistic Flowers hasCulturalContext Georgian modernism
this entity surface form: Georgian Symbolism
Titsian Tabidze movement Georgian modernism
Roe Deer Drinking from a Stream movement Georgian modernism
this entity surface form: Georgian primitivism
The Feast movement Georgian modernism
Georgian avant-garde circle culturalContext Georgian modernism
Georgian avant-garde circle relatedTo Georgian modernism
this entity surface form: Georgian literary avant-garde