City Posters About Artistic Events in Baikal Siberia in the Second Half of the 19th - early 20th Centuries

The relevance of the article lies in the disclosure of the significance of creating urban posters of Baikal Siberia in printed publications of the second half of the 19th - early 20th centuries, which were not previously published or analyzed in domestic studies. The work notes that posters are valuable sources for identifying the features, difficulties in the history of organizing events. The study allows to reveal the meaningful side of artistic events in the cities of Baikal Siberia.
The purpose of the work is to determine the importance of creating city posters in organizing art events in the cities of Baikal Siberia in the second half of the 19th - early 20th centuries.
The objectives of this work are: based on the documents of the State Archives of the Irkutsk region, to analyze city posters, announcements, notes and correlate them with the events themselves, their results; highlight the difficulties and features in the process of creating city posters.
Methodology. The article is based on the principles of historicism, consistency, and scientific objectivity. Historical-genetic and problem-chronological methods are used.
Results. In a study based on the materials of the State Archives of the Irkutsk Region, the importance of creating city posters was determined, which revealed artistic events in the cities of Baikal Siberia in the second half of the 19th – early 20th centuries. It was noted that city posters influence the outcome of events, attendance and public opinion.
Conclusions. As a result of the study, it was proved that the creation and placement of posters affects the attendance, reviews, the results of events in the cities of Baikal Siberia. Sources reveal the specifics of upcoming events, tell readers about the artists, organizers, time and place. The article analyzes the content side of previously unexplored city posters. It was noted that they are of particular artistic value, since famous Siberian masters of the second half of the 19th - early 20th centuries worked on their creation.

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