Artistic research on the Silk road

Abstract

The goal of the work is to characterize the study of the artistic heritage of the lands and countries through which the Silk Road passed, to determine the state of research on this issue in European and Asian historiography. The research methodology is based on the general scientific principles of systematics, objectivity, critical attitude to sources. The study used theoretical research methods: synthesis, analysis, induction and deduction. As a result of using the method of comparative studies, it was possible to compare individual examples of Far Eastern and Central Asian art, to determine the role of borrowing Western cultures in Asia. In addition, the paper also uses chronological (on which the main presentation of the material is based) and retrospective research methods. Scientific novelty. This is the first time in Ukrainian historiography and art studies that the peculiarities of the coverage of the cultural and artistic development of the countries through which the legendary «Silk Road» passed have been analyzed. Conclusions. The study of the art of the Silk Road took place in several stages: from the end. XIX century to the present. The 1950s and 1990s were a transitional period, when contemporary art critics focused on classifying previous achievements and highlighting the impact of Hellenization on the Silk Road cultural movement. After the 1990s, a new stage in the study of the art of the Silk Road came, when researchers from different countries began to study the art of this region. The study also noted that current research on the exchange of art between China and foreign countries on the ancient Silk Road has focused mainly on how the East has been influenced by the West. However, the influence of Western and Central Asian Chinese art remains an unexplored problem. Therefore, this topic is definitely a promising area for further research.
 Key words: Silk Road, art, research, historiography.