V. S. KEMENOV. LAW ON DUAL ENGAGEMENT. CONCEPT, APPLICATION. (ACCORDING TO THE MATERIALS OF THE ARCHIVAL FUND OF THE ESTATE MUSEUM OF V. I. SURIKOV)

Kvashnina Yuliya Valerievna

The Estate Museum of V. I. Surikov

Abstract. The article provides a transcript of the manuscript of the Soviet art historian V. S. Kemenov, an extensive archive of which is kept in the Museum-Estate of V. I. Surikov. Manuscript sheets 1 – 3 from F. 1, Inv. 1, C. 12 contain materials that allow you to look at the range of scientific interests of the “colossus of international cultural policy” (Fofanov, 2016) from a new point of view. The term “dual engagement” (“the law of dual engagement”) is introduced and analyzed into scientific circulation as a method of searching for an essential connection between the past and the present in a historical picture by artistic means. The issue of actualization of various aspects of the research activity of V. S. Kemenov is considered.

Keywords: soviet art history, historical painting, dual involvement, Russian art.