DOI: 10.36871/hon.202103001
Authors
M. V. Boubnova
Moscow Region State University, Mytishchi, Moscow region, Russian Federation
Abstract
The goal of this paper is to identify the features of visual activity and conceptual approaches
to the process of depiction. The research was carried out through observation of students’
work at the Moscow Region State University (MRSU) on the creation of paintings within the
traditions of realistic depiction.
The article analyzes the tendencies typical for visual activity, as well as the main problems
arising in the process of artistic work, gives examples from practice, suggests ways to overcome
such problems and to master the algorithms of “analytical depiction”.
Author’s revisions of the following concepts are introduced: “depiction” as a method of
“analytical painting”, when the result of the work is the realization of the conceived, and
“copying” as drawing without comparing the qualities of the depicted, when the result of the
activity is random and is not the artistic image that was intended to be created. The results
of the research contribute to the theory of teaching professional art creativity, and to the understanding
of theoretical problems of art and arts education. The materials can be used in
teaching practice.
Keywords
academic painting, life drawing, life painting, problems of visual activity, artistic perception, artistic image, artistic vision, copying, life analysis
