Painting Studies at the Lavra Church-Art School of the second half of the 18th Century

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to investigate the history of the activities of the Lavra art school in the second half of the 18th century. In addition, the author characterises the principle of teaching students in this institution with the help of Lavra drawings. The research methodology is based on using the principles of historicism and objectivity, as well as the historical-comparative method. These methods provide the history of the activity of the Lavra art school in the second half of the 18th century and the principle of student education. Scientific novelty of the work. The author presents the general history of the activities of the Lavra church-arts school in the second half of the 18th century. For the first time, the drawings by which students studied and painted were published. Moreover, for the first time, the principle of learning painting was analysed. Conclusions. The findings demonstrate that this topic has been studied for two centuries, but it has not been studied enough. However, we can say with full confidence that the Lavra art school of the second half of the 18th century taught students according to Western European textbooks. This enabled teaching highly professional masters with their painting style. This confirms that the Lavra had a close connection with Europe, like all of Ukraine.

Key words: art, icon-painting workshop, studying, icon-painting, Kyiv-Lavra of the Caves, students, baroque.