Title of the article:

THE IMPORTANCE OF “CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT” IN ASSESSING THE PHENOMENON OF CULTURE. UNKNOWN ITINERANTS

Author(s):

Abbot Tikhon (Merkushev)

Information about the author/authors

Abbot Tikhon (Merkushev) — Post-graduate Student, The SS Cyril and Methodius Post-graduate School, Rector of the Church, Catherine S. Kichma Vyatka Diocese of the Moscow Patriarchate, Kirova St., 6, village Kichma, Kirov region, Russia. ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0694-6847. E-mail: vanzinovo@yandex.ru

Section

Theory and history of culture

Year

2020

Volume

Vol. 57

Pages

pp. 63-71

Received

July 27, 2019

Date of publication

September 28, 2020

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37816/2073-9567-2020-57-63-71

Index UDK

008

Index BBK

71.1

Abstract

The paper aims to consider the artifact taking into account cultural environment and existing trends of the social, political and cultural life of the period under study. By the example of the Itinerants (Peredvizhnichestvo, “Society for Circulating Art Exhibitions”), a bright cultural phenomenon in Russian art of the latter half of 19th century, artifact`s study method was suggested, regarding the work of artists less known in comparison to the famous Society members. The Moscow artists I. P. Bogdanov, S. G. Nikiforov and an artist, teacher and enlightener N. N. Khokhryakov from Vyatka were chosen as representatives of the cultural environment of the distinguished Itinerants. Appealing to the example of their life and oeuvre the author provided a new insighton the movement of Itinerants (Peredvizhnichestvo) not only as a natural and large-scale phenomenon which came to life through realities of the reform period, but also as that grounded in the nature of artistic creative work — transforming surrounding reality by means of art, following the best examples of painting. The suggested method was called multi-level artifact method’. Its implementing allows both specialists and art lovers to deeper comprehend the cultural phenomenon, including the work of artists from “the cultural environment” and their contribution to the value of the artifact under study.

Keywords

artifact, the components of the layered artifact, the Itinerants, the artists of the second row.

References

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