Pyramidal theoretical construct of the development of art. On the issue of preservation and evolution of traditions

The article is devoted to the little-studied problem of identifying the main regularities in the evolution of art, the study of the «mechanism» of preservation and evolution of traditions. The purpose of the article is to substantiate for the first time the proposed pyramidal theoretical construction of the development of art, applied in General to the sphere of culture. The study was conducted by analyzing the monuments of the Russian North’s fine arts in the chronological framework of the XV - early XXI century. The results of the study are summarized in the conclusions - the creation of works of art should be associated with tradition; innovative samples develop tradition, which allows you to create professional, spiritually filled cultural monuments.