Quantitative methods in art history. Issue 1. Space and time of the art world. Petrov V.M.

The book is a textbook for students of humanitarian specialties (art historians, aesthetics, culturalists, etc.), various aspects of the application of quantitative methods are considered in the study of works of art: painting, music, poetry, prose. The presentation is concentrated on two main problems - space and time; Their all kinds of aspects are analyzed by means of logical-deductive “construction”, theoretical and information approach, and the tools of mathematical statistics, etc. describes research methods that are suitable both in the analysis of large aggregates of works and the structure of individual art phenomena. The book can be useful to graduate students of the relevant specialties, scientists and everyone who is interested in art problems.