ALEXANDRE BENOIS ABOUT NARRATIVE PROBLEMS IN THE VISUAL ARTS
The article is devoted to the question of Alexander Benois''s views on narrative problems in the Russian art of the middle - second half of the XIX century on the basis of the analysis of his works “The History of Painting in the 19th Century. Russian painting” and “On the narrative in painting”. It was revealed that Benois shared the views of the German researcher Richard Muther on the negative role of edification, entertaining and narrative - literary - in works of art. It was also revealed that a major role in shaping Benois''s views on this issue was played by his polemic with art critic Vladimir Stasov.