LANDSCAPE PAINTING AS A SEARCH OF PERSONAL AND NATIONAL IDENTITY: RUSSIA AND CANADA
National mentality is usually reflected in the culture of the country, literature, painting. This article discusses painting of the Russian and Canadian landscape in the comparative aspect abroad XIX-XX centuries as an expression of national identity in a time of political change. Russia and Canada are the two largest countries. They have an amazing natural resemblance, but the formation of the national mentality, the national identity of their peoples have evolved differently. It is clearly reflected in the landscape painting. The history of painting in Russia and Canada brings a search of personal and national identity. So the aesthetic and philosophical possibilities of landscape have a great importance, they reflect the characteristics of national consciousness.