Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences / Actual Issues of the Russian Academic Art History Methodology

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Issue
Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2024 17 (7)
Authors
Gracheva, Svetlana M.
Contact information
Gracheva, Svetlana M. : St. Petersburg Academy of Arts Research; Institute of the Theory and History of Fine Arts of the Russian Academy of Arts St. Petersburg, Russian Federation; ; ORCID: 0000‑0003‑3506‑5413
Keywords
Modern Russian academic art history; St. Petersburg art school; traditions; methodological aspects of scientific research; theory of fine art; hermeneutics; phenomenology; connoisseurship; iconology
Abstract

One of the largest academic schools of art history in Russia is the St. Petersburg Academic School of Art History, one of the oldest in Russia. Its creation and formation dates back to the 1930s‑40s. During its existence, it was associated with the activities of major art historians, art theorists and art critics. It can be regarded as one of the authoritative schools representing the science of art and associated with the traditions of domestic and foreign essayism and connoisseurship. At the same time, it should be noted its influence on domestic art history in general and on the activities of many art institutions. In recent decades, it has experienced serious transformations in connection with the general trends in the humanitarian fields of science. On the example of the development of this school it is possible to consider how the methodology of academic art history, which is seriously influenced by cultural studies, philosophy, sociology, linguistics and intercultural communication, is changing. Art history is influenced by the art market with its democratisation and is enriched with modern research methods and technologies. The article considers the necessity of using the whole variety of modern methodology of the humanities, but on the basis of the established traditional approaches to art history research

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1225–1234
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FRFSOO
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https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/153215

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