Medieval studies in the 21st century: the scientific aspects
Modern medievalism is a complex discipline, based in its research practice on scientific principles and using complex research methodology based on the idea of interaction methods for studying material. Interdisciplinary methods occupy an important place in modern art history, and in the 21st century, the problem of formation of integrated research approaches raises a number of questions of scientific methodological sense. Based on the synthesis methods of the social sciences and humanities principles of work with the material in modern medievalism in the sphere of art form new scientific schools, focused on basic paradigms of research practices in art history study today. Cyclic character of development of the medieval art studies produces alternation to some issues of formal sense or to the problems of iconography and content of works of art one by one.