Ukrainian works of folk art through the prism of scientific attribution

Abstract

Studying the methods of methodological interactions opens up new opportunities for understanding the meaning, artistic and evaluative value of a particular artwork. The attribution of folk art works is one of the most pressing issues in the scientific discourse. The purpose of the article is to develop an effective research toolkit for the attribution of folk art. The research methodology combines discourse interpretation with a disciplinary approach, using both general and specific scientific methods. Essential to attributing folk art is determining the sequence of various known methods. The study’s main results are derived from a systematic and comprehensive examination of key theoretical and practical aspects of folk art, specifically identifying the most effective scientific methods for its attribution. An important outcome is the development of the article’s methodological structure, focusing on the conceptual framework of folk art theory to understand its morphology. Key methods include historical and geographical, semiotic, and analogical approaches. As a result of the analysis, the article develops a methodological construct that has an analytical logic and is a theoretical justification for the concepts of attribution already existing in art history. The selected methods in the study acquire a constant hierarchy and sequence of actions, taking into account each individual situation, which has its own explicability. This analytical process involves the gradual generation of a strategy, methodology, interpretations, and interpretations that form the final knowledge of a folk artwork, as well as reveal gaps that require further search for materials and facts. In a combination of practical and theoretical methods, a folk artwork becomes an extended system and part of traditional everyday life, revealing its own objective features. The practical value of the work lies in the field of educational training of art experts, and is also important for use in special educational components