The Past as “self-citations”: The 18th century and its creative reflection in the works of the members of the World of Art Movement

The article gives an analytical review of the visual poetics works Mir iskusstva (World Art) artistic group in context relationship innovative features Art Nouveau with Past. perception Time through images Art, inherent symbolist worldview, is considered as one main sources that retrospective dreams leading World masters character a subjectively significant poetic longing for ideal. Nostalgia imaginary past, appropriation its reality to own inner world, led artists path turning “quote” into “self-citation”, “sample” “image”, “copy” “likeness”. This process expanded semantic component language, opening up new possibilities synthesis past and presentin creative practice first third 20th century.