The image of Nasimi in the sculpture

Abstract

The formation of artistic image of Nasimi in the sculpture of Azerbaijan is considered in the article. The composition and iconography of monuments, bas-reliefs and busts of Nasimi created by T.Mammadov and I.Zeynalov, M.Rustamov, S.Gurbanov, V.Nazirov, A.Guliyev and others in Baku, Shamakhy, Sumgait, Moscow and Kiev are analysed. There is drawn a conclusion that the works on the theme of Nasimi are built in two main conceptions of the urban figured portrait monument. On the one hand, it is
a classical specimen of monumental statue, on the other hand – the urban monument saved from canonization and satiated with plastic metaphors.