Karanda M. Neoreligious Motifs in Aesthetics and Art at the end of XIX - the beginning of XX century.

In the thesis the neoreligious motif is presented as an Aesthetic notion. Its development in the Aesthetics categorial apparatus and in the art practice at the end of XIX - the beginning of XX century is studied. The " Aesthetics of history" the said period became a methodological basis for the analysis of the two types of the neoreligious motifs: unitary ("Маsk", "Аrcаdy", "Sаcred Dance") and dychotomical ("Аpollo - Dyonisos", "Christ - antychrist", "Bridе - Femme Fatale"). The comparative analysis of the Modern and Symbolism world models revealed the Aesthetic peculiarities of the neo-religious motifs of Western, Russian and Ukrainian art. These differences have resulted in the search of various new non-classical methods. The ideas of the neoreligius Aesthetics in Ukraine held a leading place in the development of art at the end of XIX - the beginning of XX century and reviving the Biblical word outlook by means of the mysteriality.