Vita Longa. The formation of aesthetic consciousness. Book 1

The book is a creative biography of the author. It analyzes the formation of its aesthetic consciousness in the process of countless contacts with people, works of art, thinkers of different times and peoples. It is shown how from youthful hobbies by psychology and semiotics of art, information aesthetics, structuralist theories, the author consistently ascended to more complex philosophical and aesthetic ideas based on phenomenology and metaphysics of aesthetic experience. The philosophical and religious, scientific, artistic searches of the author are traced.
Particular attention in the book is paid to the analysis of the author’s multifaceted work, a holistic spiritual and aesthetic system-his aesthetic tree with a large number of branches: historical, aesthetic, theoretical-analytical, apocalyptic, trial. At the same time, the author often addresses topics that were not reflected in his publications, but were thoroughly thought out by him. A prominent place in the book is the phenomenon of the event of aesthetic trip. The analytical presentation of the numerous travels of the author in outstanding art monuments and art museums of the world is supplemented by examples of in -depth aesthetic travel to the world of specific works of art: from Hindu and ancient Egyptian works through masterpieces of classical European art of pre -symbolists, avant -garde artists, modernists. The book is intended for a wide range of interested readers