MAYAKOVSKY AS A “GENIUS OF THE MASS”

Abstract

The article deals with one of the aspects of the problem “Mayakovsky and painting”. The question is raised that Mayakovsky’s poetics and ideas about art the forms of self-expression characteristic of a mass person were reflected. A claim to the status of a prophet, a visionary intention, combined with a kind of foolishness/self-disclosure and aggressive self-demonstration – these “emotional swings” characterize Mayakovsky’s lyrical hero as a “genius of the masses”.