METHODS OF STUDYING PLOT IMAGES OF UKRAINIAN FOLK ART IN FINE ART CLASSES IN GENERAL SECONDARY EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS

Abstract

Important in the modern development of education Ukrainian folk art, whose works are especially valuable for the assimilation, preservation and development of the traditions of culture and arts of Ukraine. They are characterized by such artistic gualities as perfection of forms, immediacy, harmonious color combinations. Acguaintance with Ukrainian folk art on the example of narrative images in fine art lessons instills in schoolchildren a love of beauty, shapes and enriches their worldview, gives an understanding of the value of art for the development of a personality, a citizen. The purpose of the article is to study the plot images of Ukrainian folk art in fine art classes in general and secondary education institutions. The article examines Ukrainian folk art, in particular painting and empirical methods were used – observation, description, theoretical analysis, generalization, explanation. In the course of the work, Ukrainian folk was analyzed; the historical stages of formation of folk easel maps of Ukraine were investigated; characteristic features of a work of folk art are revealed; distinguish the main themes, motives, artistic and semantic features of folk paintings of the household genre were noted, among which the most common were “Kozack Mamai”, “The Fate of the Peasant”, “Natalka Poltavka”, “Courting”, “Dating”, etc. Their composition scheme, coloristic solution, artistic features are characterized. The issue of the methodology of studying Ukrainian folk art in fine arts classes in a general secondary education institution was deepened and supplemented, the sections and topics of the school program related to the topic of the article were analyzed. It is noted that students, studying the folk art of Ukraine on the example of narrative images, learn to analyze works and create their own thematic paintings, expand their knowledge of the cultural and artistic heritage of Ukraine. In this way, love for folk art, one’s own artistic vision, enrichment of an emotionally aesthetic worldview is cultivated. The traditions of Ukrainian folk art are being revived and developed by folk craftsmen and professional artists today. In this direction of research, it is possible to continue the search for the characteristic features of easel folk painting of different regions of Ukraine, specifying in more detail one or several of its types.