problem of the synthesis of ideological and form-searching prospects that accept the
artist’s inner position and his involvement in contemporary artistic processes. The
context of the artist`s philosophical thinking is described, the origins of its formation
and visualization are explored. The genesis of artistic form is analyzed in sections of
art criticism and philosophical thought of the XX-XXI centuries. At various stages of
forming, the features of the structural transformations of the "external" and "internal"
forms, their semantic content, the artistic-figurative context, the organic connection
with the objective reality and its plastic generalization are traced. The changes of the
stylistic structure of the artistic work according to the creative tasks assigned by the
artist in each particular case were revealed. The significance of artist`s creative
experiments in the field of visual and artistic representation of the world is revealed.
The fifth section “LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT IN THE SOUTH OF
UKRAINE IN THE LIGHT OF THE REGIONAL-INDIVIDUAL THEORY IN THE
END OF XVIII – THE BEGINNING OF XX CENTURY”. In this article the problem
of local self-government bodies’ activity in the south of Ukraine in the end of XVIII –
the beginning of XX century is studied. The regional-individual theory of self-
government is proposed to consideration with the aim of explaining the specifics in the
activity of municipal institutions during the studied period. To attain the above aim the
author gives arguments in favor of the proposed theory and explains why other theories
of local self-government do not work. At the same time, in order to focus the audience’s
attention to the subject the author gives examples of how municipalities’ activity of
various regions differed substantially in their regulations: bodies of self-government,
in financial sphere, land property, in the sphere of education, public health and in
engineering-technical activity. In his main principles the author moves away from
considering the Russian empire as the only unified construct in which everything was
similar and he comes to conclusion that regional-individual theory has a full right to
existence, as each region had its proper regional-individual specifics in regard to
activity of local self-government. Moreover, it influenced the level of identity, self-
determination, the level of coordination with central and regional authorities, the
system of values and the level of «civil patriotism».
The sixth section “FUNDAMENTAL LEGAL EDUCATION AS A
GUARANTEE OF FORMATION OF HIGH-PROFESSIONAL ADVOCACY IN
THE REALITIES OF MODERN CIVIL SOCIETY (HISTORICAL AND LEGAL
ANALYSIS ON THE EXAMPLE OF ODESSA)”. This study is devoted to the
problems of fundamental legal education as a guarantee of the formation of a highly
professional legal profession in the format of historical and legal analysis, as well as in
the realities of modern civil society, in particular, in the case of Odessa. The problem
of this issue is due to the fact that a lawyer must be a carrier of high professional culture,
which manifests itself in his professional competence, mediated by his professional
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