Czapik-Lityńska, Barbara2014-10-282014-10-282014Poznańskie Studia Slawistyczne, 2014, nr 7, s.49–62978-83-63795-79-52084-3011http://hdl.handle.net/10593/11982The article describes the transformations of the traditional category of beauty in the Croatian modernist discourse. Based on the analysis of works of Matoš, we offer a study of modernist concepts of beauty, manifested in the relations between beauty, art and life. The discourse in question simultaneously transforms and explains the sense of beauty, introduces into the world of aesthetic and artistic values central to the culture of modernism.plmodernismaesthetic categoriesliterary constructionstyleartistrythe sense of beautyartistic valueaesthetic valueArtykułhttps://doi.org/10.14746/pss.2014.7.4