Естетичний вимір української культури

The purpose of the work is to study the aesthetic foundations of Ukrainian culture. The research methodology is determined by a set of complementary methods, general and special principles, the interdisciplinary connection of which ensures the objectivity and reliability of the research results. Scientific novelty. The thesis about the panestheticism of Ukrainian culture is argued. The fundamental role of the Cossack Baroque in shaping the aesthetic dimension of Ukrainian culture is substantiated. The idea of mental consonance of Ukrainian and European worldview traditions on the basis of cordocentric ‘baroque’ consciousness is affirmed. The peculiarities of the Ukrainian mentality are substantiated in terms of its panaesthetic foundations. Conclusions. The subject reality, essence and methodological significance of the aesthetic in contemporary cultural discourse are outlined. The peculiarities of aesthetic activity through the formula of ‘non-violent synthesis’ are emphasised. The specifics of the modern understanding of culture are pointed out, the essence of which is an attempt to capture the typology of traditional, everyday life of people in their communication with each other and the world around them. Attention is focused on the concept of mentality as a certain ‘psychological toolkit’ that synthesises, at the pre-reflexive level, the traditions, customs, and beliefs of a certain ethno-cultural community in their ‘real’ and ‘imaginary’ dimensions. The author investigates the panaesthetic features of the Ukrainian Baroque culture. The author points out the phenomenon of metaphor (emblem) as a constructive principle of organisation of the whole human existence of the Baroque period from the side of its creativity. In this period, the idea of artistry as a purely external subject property of works of art, which is capable of evoking sensual impressions, is not dominant. On the example of Mykola Gogol’s poetry, the article demonstrates the peculiarities of the author's artistic style as a manifestation of aesthetic in its origins of ‘non-systemic synthesis’.