The main aspects of the study of the Crimean landscapes of the late XVIII–early XX century as a cultural heritage of Russia

The subject of the research is works of Russian fine art with Crimean themes from the end of the XVIII – beginning of the XX century based on the analysis of theoretical developments of Russian scientists in the field of cultural heritage, which reveals the problems of a comprehensive step-by-step systematic cultural study of fine art with Crimean themes from the moment of its appearance in the late XVIII century to the beginning of the XX century. The aim is to identify the features of the study of the Crimean landscapes as a cultural heritage of Russia. The study of art in a socio-cultural context highlights the issues of the integration of the Crimean Peninsula into the Russian socio-cultural space after its annexation to the Russian Empire in 1783; the relationship between the activities of artists in the "new" territories and the development of the landscape genre in Russian art. Socio-cultural, historical, genetic, typological methods, artistic and stylistic analysis, and the principle of historicism are used. The study of Crimean landscapes as a heritage reveals new facets in the history of Russian culture and art. At the end of the 18th century, the Russian landscape genre was just emerging, and the activity of painters in the annexed territories contributed to the development of the Russian national landscape. The author's main contribution is to study the Crimean theme in Russian painting in a broad context, to develop the stages of development of the genre of the Crimean landscape, and to establish continuity in the work of artists. The novelty lies in the approach of studying Crimean landscapes in the paradigm of cultural heritage, in the author's periodicals, in the formulation of prerequisites and factors for the appearance of landscape painting in Russia based on domestic material.

Russian painting, Crimea, landscape genre, M. M. Ivanov, I. K. Aivazovsky, cultural heritage, interpretation, interdisciplinary research, historical and genetic method, socio-cultural context