FEATURES OF THE INITIAL DEVELOPMENT STAGE OF IRKUTSK REGION ORTHODOX MURAL PAINTING IN THE PRE-REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD
The article describes the monuments of Orthodox mural painting of the Irkutsk region of the pre-revolutionary period. It analyzes formal and stylistic features of paintings, identifies the principles of architecture and monumental painting synthesis. The importance of exterior wall painting in urban environment is evaluated and the scale of artistic and monumental works carried out at the time is described. It is concluded that the Orthodox mural painting of that period strived after the self-identification at the level of iconographic programs. The paper shows Irkutsk as a development center of monumental painting of the Irkutsk region. The significance of the pre-revolutionary period as a basis for further development of monumental painting of the Irkutsk region is determined.