N. SHCHEKATIHIN'S TRADITIONS IN THE ART CRITICISM OF THE 20th CENTURY'S BELARUS
N. Shchekatihin's contribution into study of art of Belarus in the XІth–XXth centuries, the formation of the art criticism as a science in 1920 <sup>th</sup> is covered. A great attention is paid to the prolongation and development of those basic concepts in the art study which have been founded by N. Shchekotihin.