THE ART OF UKRAINE IN THE ART HISTORY OF CHINA: THE PROBLEM OF "VISION"

The article explores the problem
of the scientifi c “vision” of the panorama of Ukrainian art by
contemporary art historians of China who work on the problems
of the Eastern European art (Belarus, Poland, Russia, Ukraine
and other countries). It is determined that in the history of art of
China information about Ukrainian art is not always represented
correctly due to the already existing stereotypes which have come
from the Soviet (now Russian) art history that has infl uenced the
development of the art science in China. The tradition of studying
Ukrainian art as part of Russian or Polish one is connected with
the historical circumstances of the existence of these Empires,
which comprised Ukrainian lands. The authors look for points of
support in historical events, often not quite correctly interpreting
the complex nature of Ukrainian relations within the imperial art
(at the time of XVIII – XIXth centuries) and Ukrainian within the
Soviet one (within the XX century).