CARVING AND PAINTING ON THE WOOD IN OLD RUS': CHRONOLOGY OF STYLISTIC DEVELOPMENT
Stylistic analysis of the ornamentation of Old Rus' wooden works of the 10<sup>th</sup> - early 14<sup>th</sup> century is carried out in the article, as well as consideration of the development of this ornamentation within the systematized material upon Old Rus' ornamentation is made. Most wooden products have exact dendrochronological dates. When comparing ornamental images, the method of collation of the curves which are underlying in the motifs and elements is used. As a result, it was possible to obtain yet another firm chronological basis for confirming the main stages of the stylistic development of Old Rus' ornamental art as well as to enrich the representation about the development of Old Rus' ornamentation in the whole with new material.