Scientific conference “The category of space in art history and culturology»

On Monday, February 15 at 14.00 in White Hall of Russian Institute for Art History, Institute Department of Fine arts and Architecture will open a scientific conference named «Category of space in art history and culturology».

The conference is dedicated to one of the most frequently used and yet not completely clarified, because of their lack of reflexiveness, – science of art and space – culture duality. Too often, scientists take for granted hassle-free status of the concept approved by someone somewhere – whether in philosophy, whether in the exact sciences. They are clearly underestimating the possibilities of aforementioned sphere of knowledge to bring clarity to this, actually quite confusing situation. As once, precisely by Renaissance artists and architects, the modern concepts of space (reality, outward things) were formed. As for now, who else will, but us – art historians, try to unravel the contradictions formed around so popular word.