Regional Art Studies in Modern Russia (Introductory Article)

The introductory article reveals the principles of forming a science direction, dedicated to the theory and history of arts, for the journal of the Siberian Federal University «Humanities & Social Sciences». To analyze the topical problems of regional scientific schools of contemporary Russian art history, several principles were chosen: geographical (when studies are presented by regions where the corresponding scientific schools are developing), historical (in accordance with the problems characteristic of one or another significant era in the history of world and domestic art), conceptual (in accordance with the basic ideas, theories, concepts that are shared by the authors), thematic (uniting scientists dealing with similar art history issues). The main approaches of the authors, the topics of their articles, art history ideas and theories that they develop are presented. At this point the schools of Russian art history are associated with the cities of Moscow, St. Petersburg, Chelyabinsk and Krasnoyarsk