CONTEMPORARY ILLUSTRATED BOOK FOR CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS IN RUSSIA AS AN ART HISTORY PROBLEM

This article discusses current trends in the study of illustrated modern books for children and adolescents in Russia. The main tasks of the chosen issue are defined, namely: the introduction of the names and works of modern and little-studied illustrators into scientific circulation, the generalisation of artistic processes in children’s books of the late 20th century - early 21st century, the analysis of the impact of institutional activities of publishing houses, etc. In the study of book art, it is necessary to clarify and expand the terminological apparatus, to build an updated morphology of an illustrated children’s book, proceeding from the visual component of the object of research and the book as a sociocultural phenomenon. The author of the article emphasises the need for a comprehensive study of the illustrated book for children and adolescents as a visual and semiotic system in the context of sociocultural and institutional features in Russia in the context of postmodern culture and metamodernism.

BOOK FOR TEENAGERS, BOOK GRAPHICS, EVERYDAY LIFE, CHILDREN’S BOOK, ILLUSTRATION, BOOK DESIGN, MODERN CHILDREN’S BOOK, CHILDREN’S LITERATURE