The collective monograph is the first within the framework of a joint project of two art history departments of the history department of Moscow State University named after MV Lomonosov - the department of general art history and the department of the history of Russian art. The team of authors set themselves the task of formulating and implementing new methods and techniques for studying Russian art. The material of the collective monograph is arranged according to the chronological principle and is built from chapters, which are combined into three sections. The cross-cutting theme connecting all the structural elements of the monograph is the phenomena of constructing an artistic language and an artistic method, as well as creating an image of a creative personality.