Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences / F. I. Bulgakov’s “Art Encyclopedia” (1886) as a Representative of Russian Encyclopedic Projects of the Second Half of the 19th Century on the History and Theory of Art

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Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2025 18 (4)
Authors
Seredkina, Natalya N.
Contact information
Seredkina, Natalya N.: Siberian Federal University Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation; ; ORCID: 0000-0002-9248-8810
Keywords
art encyclopedias; history and theory of art; F. I. Bulgakov; encyclopedic editions of the 19th century
Abstract

The article analyzes the practice of creating encyclopedic publications in the field of art history and theory in the 19th century. Using the example of the works of art historian, art critic and book historian Fyodor Ilyich Bulgakov (1852–1908). The article analyzes their source studies in order to identify the conceptual features of the creation of the first encyclopedias in Russia on the theory and history of art. The review of the encyclopedic projects developed by F. I. Bulgakov made it possible to trace the formation of a new approach to working with data in the field of art in the 19th century. During this period, it is important to create conditions for ensuring the general availability of knowledge on the history and theory of art. This predetermined the value of systematization and grouping of the material within the framework of encyclopedic publications devoted exclusively to the field of art. A great merit in this direction belongs to F. I. Bulgakov, who for the first time in Russia attempted to create an art encyclopedia, thanks to which, by the beginning of the 20th century, Russian art studies had reached a new level of scientific understanding and theorizing. Created in the second half of the 19th century. encyclopedic publications devoted to art are today a valuable historical source that can serve as necessary factual material for further in-depth analysis of individual works of art, the work of masters, as well as the history of art development before the beginning of the 20th century

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713–724
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https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/155104

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