Animalistic image in the Russian children's book of the 20th century: culturological aspect

The subject of the article is the children's animalistic illustration of the 20th century. She acted as a significant cultural phenomenon of the time when children's literature was focused on the sphere of cognitive, and illustration became truly artistic. It is noted that in promoting natural history of ideas has played a significant role illustrations for children's books by well-known animal painters of the 20th century: V. A. Vatagin, E. Charushin, A. N. Komarov, Boris Vorobyov and others. On the one hand, the significance is determined by the fact that they have focused on the animalistic image as a unique phenomenon that has a positive impact on children's minds and feelings. On the other hand, the activity of masters contributed to the opening of a new artistic and cultural layer in the history of national culture and art, enriching it with a variety of visual forms and pointing to the value of semantic qualities, first of all, the idea of preservation of wildlife.