Artistic perception in the context of the theory of empathy

The article deals with the theses of the empathic theories, in particular, the psychoanalytic theories of art criticism. The author discusses ideas of western scholars, such as Norman Holland, Herman Northrop Frye, Georges Poulet about the correct understanding of the role of the art form, the desire to overcome the "biographism", the proper interpretation of psychoanalysis by the empathic conception of criticism.