The purpose of the study is to identify general trends and comprehensive approaches to the problem of analysis and preservation of artistic values, part of which are porcelain, to determine their place in the context of socio-cultural progress of Ukraine in the twentieth century and the impact of these processes on national identity. Porcelain art acquires special significance as a phenomenon based on artistic, aesthetic and ideological traditions embodied in art forms. Given the state of destruction of the domestic porcelain and earthenware industry, porcelain products of its leading enterprise - Kyiv Experimental Ceramic and Art Factory need to analyze and highlight their impact on the national identity of Ukrainian culture. The research methodology is to apply the principles of scientific reliability and comprehensiveness, as well as the use of socio-cultural and art approaches. Used in the study and a set of scientific methods, in particular: axiological, ontological (existential), cognitive, system-historical, comparative (historical-comparative), culturological, cross-cultural, typological, iconological-iconographic, art analysis. In addition, general scientific research methods were used - theoretical, empirical and empirical-theoretical. Scientific novelty. Scientific research uses a comprehensive study of unique porcelain art samples created on the basis of the Kyiv Experimental Ceramics and Art Factory (KECAF) and highlights the state of study of certain aspects of the impact of these works of art on Ukrainian art culture after the cessation of production. Conclusions. The obtained results allow to testify that: for the first time the phenomenon of domestic porcelain as a catalyst of innovative transformations in modern society has been comprehensively studied; found that the sphere of realization of the cultural potential of Ukrainian porcelain there are private and state collections in which works of art are witnesses of historical and cultural national experience; it was found out that the exhibition activity of museums and galleries promotes intellectual and aesthetic education, forms the national identity of the individual, strengthens the manifestations of original creation and renewal of the national tradition; scientific development of this issue has become the basis for the possibility of further dissemination of this innovative impulse and determine the essence of the impact of creative achievements of the porcelain industry, and in particular KECAF, on the general artistic culture of Ukraine of the beginning of

The purpose of the article is to identify general trends in the development of furniture design at the end of the 20th beginning – XXI century, to determine and form an objective complex scientific view, of the development of the design of the subject environment of this period. The methodology consists in the application of theoretical and empirical methods: comparative historical and objective-aspect analysis made it possible to determine the specifics of innovations in order to identify trends in the development of furniture design in the specified period; the problem-target method came in handy in the study and analysis of literary materials. Scientific novelty. In the study, for the first time, a comprehensive definition of the main signs of the formation and identification of the formulated main trends in the development of furniture design and the formation of the internal subject environment of the late XX beginning was applied XXI century. Conclusions. The results obtained allow us to identify the characteristic features of the form of creating furniture for interiors of the specified period, contribute to the establishment of an objective view of the historical development of this process, the growth of its scientific and theoretical significance in the conditions of the current industrial production in Ukraine. The theoretical aspects of the research can be further used in writing scientific papers on this topic, developing lecture courses on the history of furniture and interior design, creating special courses and special seminars for students of higher educational institutions, textbooks, manuals, and other educational and methodological literature. Key words: design, furniture, internal environment, trends in shaping, the end of the XX – beginning of the XXI century.

An analysis of numerous artefacts of the first third of the 20th century suggests that the production of many varieties of art-and-industrial ceramics developed in Halychyna, in particular architectural ceramic plastics, a variety of functional ceramics, decorative tiles, ceramic tiles, facing tiles, etc. The artistic features of Halychyna art ceramics, the richness of methods for decorating and shaping it, stylistic features, as well as numerous art societies, scientific and professional associations, groups, plants and factories specializing in the production of ceramics reflect the general development of this industry in the first half of the century and represent the prerequisites the emergence of the school of professional ceramics in Halychyna at the beginning of the 20th century. The purpose of the paper is to analyze the formation and development of scientific and professional schools of art-and-industrial ceramics of Halychyna in the late 19th – early 20th centuries. The research methodology was chosen, in accordance with the specific factual material, the goals and objectives set in the work, developed on the basis of a systematic approach and the principle of historicism, using the method of complex art analysis, synthesizing the research capabilities of comparative historical, functional, typological research methods. The principle of consistency assumed the consideration of certain issues, in accordance with the sequence of processes that took place in such a popular variety of professional decorative applied art as art ceramics. Due to this approach, the authors tried to focus on a detailed elucidation of the ways of building professional creativity in an inextricable relationship, taking into account the characteristics of a certain material, the needs of appropriate material support, and the establishment of technological processes. Furthermore, such a presentation of the paper material has provided a clearer indication of the possibilities and prospects for the development of the artistic ceramics art. In the process of work, the authors were aware that all the problems related to the art of the first half of the 20th century, including the development in the production of art ceramics in Halychyna, are only at a certain stage of thorough study. That is why this work is one of the stages on this path. In this regard, this study was interpreted by the authors not as one that should finally exhaust the chosen topic, but on the contrary – the work should create an opportunity for further more detailed study of individual phenomena, the work of artists, or the analysis of groups of specific pieces of art.