GLASS OF THE KAMIANETS-PODILSKYI REGION: SOURCE BASIS AND RESEARCH PROSPECTS
Authors: Menderetska Nataliia 
Published: May 2023

The existing source base and research prospects of the development of art glass in the territory of the Kamianets-Podilskyi region are examined in this article. The work of V. Gagenmeister “Huta glass of Podillya” (1931), as a source for the contemporary art criticism studies of art glass of the Kamianets-Podilskyi region and a modern base for the prospects of its further research, is characterized. The work of V. Gagenmeister “Huta glass of Podilya”, as an art history source which allows a comparative analysis of the first collection and the description of the Kamianets-Podilskyi region glass with the modern collections available from the foundations, is studied and systematically analysed. In the work of V. Gagenmeister “Huta glass of Podillya”, unique in its identity, the first attempt to analyse and systematize the glassware available at foundations of the Kamianets-Podilskyi Museum of Antiquities at that time was performed. It can be argued that at that time this work was the only one of its kind art attempt to appeal to the study of the glass products from the Kamianets- Podilskyi region, and further fundamental for scientists who addressed the topic of study of Ukrainian glass and glass of the Kamianets-Podilskyi region particularly. Relevant and important remains the work of an outstanding teacher and scientist for contemporary art historians, local historians and teachers of disciplines from the cycle of decorative and applied arts. The object of the article is to consider the source base and research prospects of the development of art glass in the territory of the Kamianets-Podilskyi region. An attempt to analyse the work of V. Gagenmeister “Huta glass of Podillya” (1931), as a source for the contemporary art criticism studies of art glass of the Kamianets-Podilskyi region and a modern base for the prospects of its further research, was made. The study and system analysis of the work of V. Gagenmeister “Huta glass of Podillya”, as an art history source which allows a comparative analysis of the first collection and the description of the Kamianets-Podilskyi region glass with the modern collections available from the foundations, was done. The research methodology includes the study and system analysis of the work of V. Gagenmeister “Huta glass of Podillya” as an art history source, which allows a comparative analysis of the first collection and the description of the Kamianets-Podilskyi region glass with the modern collections available from the foundations. The scientific novelty of the research lies in the fact that for the first time the description of the glass collection available at the Kamianets-Podilskyi Museum and its foundations is introduced into a scientific circulation. Its modern typology and systematization according to the morphological features with a comparative analysis of the work of V. Gagenmeister “Huta glass of Podillya” is presented. The artistic and stylistic features of glass as a research subject are considered. The work of V. Gagenmeister “Huta glass of Podillya” (1931) remains unique and distinctive, fundamental and informative when it comes to the study of decorative and applied arts in our region. V. Gagenmeister made the first attempt to analyse and systematize the glassware available at foundations of the Kamianets-Podilskyi Museum of Antiquities at his time.