Works of Art as a Historical Source (specialties of use)
In this article the author gives a deep and detailed analysis of what are the features of the use of works of art as a historical source and what such source can give the researcher. Works of art help historians to penetrate into the spiritual life of humanity or its separate communities in a certain historical period. They reveal the system of spiritual values, way of thinking, existing stereotypes which guided the behavior of people, the state and public institutions in a particular historical epoch.