Representation of the artistic principles of the baroque in contemporary art

The article is devoted to revealing the reasons for interest in baroque in modern culture, the analysis of its individual manifestations through forms of translation in contemporary Russian and foreign fine arts and cinema. The author highlights the most relevant interpretations of the plot motifs of the Baroque in the cinema, in which there is a phenomenon of illustrative decoration, oriented to the knowledge of the real world through the perception of illusions. The genre of fantasy is analyzed, in which there is a gradation of the attributes of lush and luxurious external elements. The author considers the basic prerequisites of interest in baroque culture in contemporary art through mass broadcasting and its promotion in various exhibitions on the territory of Russia, where this phenomenon over the past few years, is actualized and is consistently represented in the social and cultural space. The aesthetic potential of the Baroque, laid down in the subject and visual artifacts associated with modern fashion, photography and cinema, is revealed.