Benyuk O. Notion "experiment" in the logic of art events at the end of XIX and the first third of XX century.

The thesis represents experiment as an aesthetic notion (artistic experiment), its formation in conceptual mechanism of aesthetics and in artistic practice at the end of ХІХ - the first third of ХХ century. Within the said period two types of artistic experiment are analyzed: scientific artistic experiment and modernistic artistic experiment. Scientific artistic experiment is represented as artistic creative work method, which by succeeding the specific features of scientific experiment is aimed at creating new knowledge about reality within the artwork. Modernistic artistic experiment is represented as artistic creative work method consisting in testing and modeling of all possible means and methods of creation, creative process components and artistic image in order to implement new instead of customary, conventional. Elaboration and understanding of each type specific features required the analysis in philosophic and aesthetic background of their formation as well as aesthetic and artistic concepts,by which they were represented. The background for implementation of scientific artistic experiment became philosophic and aesthetic views of the positivists (O.Kont, H.Taine), and was actually implemented in E.Zola's aesthetic and artistic concept of naturalism. It is in works of E.Zola where "experiment" notion was first applied in conceptual and category mechanism of aesthetics. The idea of experimenting became popular in the development of European as well as Ukrainian art of the first third of XX century. Among Ukrainian artists of modernism period effectively experimenting with form were M.Semenko and the group of futurists, artists O.Ekster, K.Malevych, O.Bogomazov. V.Palmov concentrated on experimenting with color, Les Kurbas - on creation of experimental theatre. Key words: artistic experiment, scientific artistic experiment, modernistic artistic experiment, new, tradition, fine art system, aesthetic and artistic concept.