Statuile leonine – manifestări ale genului animalier sculptural în perioada interbelică

Abstract

The lion’s appearance as an animal-king was attested in the sculpture of ancient civilizations in Ancient Egypt and Anatolia, in Ancient Greece. The image of lions is also certified in the field of heraldry and occasionally appeared in the creativity of artists of the Renaissance and Classicism. Many figures of sculptural lions are in the modern St. Petersburg. In the art of interwar Bessarabia, the most significant lion sculptures are located at the entrance to the Organ Hall of Chisinau. These lions amaze with calmness and elegance. The sculptures of these animals are also on the facade of the City hall, meaning strength and consequence; on the facades of the city boyar house Ryshkanu-Derozhinsky, denoting a high social status; on the facade of the Herts’s House, creating an exquisite atmosphere with their external decorative appearance, as well as figures of lions are on the gates of the St. Panteleimon’s Church, reminding of their greatness.