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The Ethnology Notebooks. 2024. № 6 (180), 1401—1412

UDK 7.072.2:378.6]В. Овсійчук(477)

DOI https://doi.org/10.15407/

FORMAL ANALYSIS AND NATIONAL DISCOURSE IN ART HISTORY: RESEARCH AND TEACHING OF VOLODYMYR OVSIICHUK

LESIV Taras

  • ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7719-1704
  • PhD in Art History,
  • Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs
  • Lviv National Academy of Arts,
  • 38, Kubiyovycha St., Lviv, 79011, Ukraine,
  • Contacts: e-mail: taraslesiv@lnam.edu.ua

Abstract. This article explores the interrelation between the scholarly and pedagogical activities of Volodymyr Ovsiichuk, a distinguished Ukrainian art historian and educator. The study argues that he was a leading proponent of the formal method in Ukrainian art history, that he enriched with a distinct historical and national perspective. Emphasis is placed on his methodological approaches to the analysis of painting and sacred art. Additionally, the article examines the factors that shaped his scholarly career, including the influence of his mentors and the professional environment he worked in.

The aim of this study is to explore how Ovsiichuk developed as a scholar of Ukrainian art and how his work influenced both academic research and teaching. The focus of the study is Ovsiichuk’s scholarly and pedagogical contributions, with a particular emphasis on analyzing his methodological approaches to art analysis. The research draws on personal memories, recorded conversations, lecture notes, and a review of Ovsiichuk’s academic writings. The perspective offered is personal, based on the author’s experiences as a student and assistant to Ovsiichuk at the Department of Sacred Art during the last 15 years of his life.

The methodology of the study is grounded in the systematic integration of diverse methods and theoretical frameworks.

Keywords: Volodymyr Ovsiichuk’s research and pedagogical contributions, Ukrainian art history, formal method, national identity discourse, sacred art, painting, icon painting.

Received 20.11.2024

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