UA
Monument to Taras Shevchenko
Full name of the monument :

Monument to Taras Shevchenko

Region :
Sumy region
Address of the monument :
Blvd. Shevchenka, 12, city Romny, Romenskyi district
Status :
National significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
1918
Time classification according to the installation epoch :
Period of the Ukrainian Revolution and the struggle for the Ukrainian statehood protection (1917-1921)
sculptor I.P. Kavaleridze
Person/event, object the monument is dedicated to :
real person(s)
Gender :
male
Nationality :
Ukrainian
Social status :
intellectuals
Material :
mixed materials
Type of art composition :
one-figure composition
Artistic approach :
figurative art
Main text, additional text (if available) :
Yes
...And I will live, and my mind will be free, I will call from the house.
Language(s) of the text :
Ukrainian
Narrative commemorates :
Ukrainian statehood from the IX to the XVIII centuries
The preservation state of the monument at the time of the research :
exists
Institution responsible for maintenance :
Romenska miska rada
Institution’s website :
https://romny-vk.gov.ua/
Free text that contains data valid for interpretation :
The monument has a genre character. The poet seems to be sitting on a high steppe grave, a mound or a hill in a position of deep contemplation - with his head down, his eyes directed to the ground, his left hand rests on the hill, his right hand rests freely on his knee, supporting a book. Dressed in a jacket and a Ukrainian shirt with a tied ribbon. The last detail complements and specifies the image. The author masterfully uses the composition with a stylized grave and a large-scale figure, which in its contours seems to repeat the mountain, to give the image of monumentality and scale. Each part of the placement on the three-step pedestal is visible from any point of view.