Stylization

Stylization - in art, an intentional and emphasized imitation of the characteristic features of a style or historical era. Stylization is close to such concepts as imitation , epigonism , parody , tradition , influence , but differs significantly from them:

• tradition presupposes the progressive development of art, in which the work of geniuses influences the masters of the “second row” ( The Literary Encyclopedia cites the influence of Pushkin on Lermontov , Fet and Tyutchev on Blok as examples). Styling often involves a retrospective departure to the past;
• imitation subordinates the work of the epigon to the artistic method of another master, usually a contemporary or artist who worked in the recent past; however, similarity with the sample is not emphasized, but, on the contrary, is hidden. When styling, an obsolete, disappeared style is usually taken as a pattern;
• a parody exaggerates the imitated features of the original and gives them a comic interpretation, while stylization is a (open) fake for the original.

In the work of realist artists, stylistic features are formed in the process of implementing a great ideological and figurative content and in indirect connection with it. If the search for "style" for the artist is the main goal, then this will inevitably lead to stylization. ^[one]

The term is not used in cases of really large masters of art who demonstrate a deep mastery of the culture of other eras or social strata (for example, when describing Pushkin's fairy tales ).