CONTEMPOREARY MONUMENTAL PAINTING IN THE RUSSIAN CITY. PROBLEMS AND STUDY OF THE VISUAL LANGUAGE
The article is devoted to the features of the existence of contemporary monumental painting in Russian cities. The visual language and the composition of the works of monumental painting mainly depend on the direction of the work of art: church art or secular. Artists who have discovered the opportunity to realize their talent in church painting follow various traditions of religious art presented in the history of Russian temple construction. The boundaries of secular monumental art have been severely narrowed in the post-Soviet era and so far have appealed for a precise definition. Monumental art does not enter into a dialogue with architecture, but only decorates it. The way to revaluate the role of monumental painting in modern Russia lies in rethinking the relationship between the concepts of «monumental art» and «street art». Also, the development of monumental art closely connected with architectural volumes is associated nowadays with the development of computer graphics.