Socio-Cultural Approaches to the Imagery Analysis of a City/Country in Artistic Creation. The Image Aspect

Studies of the city/country imagery in the image context occupy an important place in modern science, while the perception of the city image in artistic creativity is of particular interest. The article analyzes approaches to the definition of basic concepts such as "imagery", "artistic image", "image". A comparative analysis of the concepts of "imagery" and "image" of the territory is carried out. The possibility of using a semiotic approach to analyzing a city/country imagery is revealed, using the characteristic "city as a text" in conveying important image characteristics. The article examines the features of modern landscape art and the role that the urban landscape plays in visual art today. Using the example of interpreting the works of Russian (Primorsky) and Chinese artists, the possibility of analyzing the city imagery in an image context is considered. The article examines the perception of the imagery of Vladivostok in the works of A.Ya. Matyukhin, S.M. Cherkasov, I. Obukhov, Song Yuming, Wang Yaohua and other artists, by viewers, participants of exhibitions, auctions, master classes, biennales and other events in Russia and China.