SYNERGISM OF SPIRITUAL SPACE OF THE RUSSIAN NORTH IN FORMATION OF PERSONALITY AND PHILOSOPHY OF ART OF M. V. NESTEROV
In the research the works of Mikhail Nesterov based on the realization of the traditions of the Russian North are considered. The purpose of the article is to identify the ways of this realization, the influence of the spiritual space of the North on the artist’s personality, character and the ideas of his creativity. The term “philosophy of pictorial image” addressed to the concept of knowledge is introduced. The author concludes that the synergism of northern space is one of the most important spiritual foundations of M. V. Nesterov’s art and the Russian culture at the turn of the XIX-XX centuries. Special attention is paid to the genesis of the philosophical image of the North in the worldview of the artist.