FORMATION OF STUDENTS’ AESTHETIC ATTITUDE TO REALITY BY DECORATIVE AND APPLIED ART MEANS

Abstract

Based on the specialized literature study and reflection on their own professional and pedagogical experience, the authors study the main features of the developing an aesthetic attitude to reality among modern university students using the opportunities provided by decorative and applied arts process. The work demonstrates the need to form an appropriate characteristic among representatives of the generation that in the near future will have to take responsibility for the Russia and its allies historical destinies. The views on the essence of aesthetic perception that exist in the modern scientific environment are explored. Based on them, this phenomenon definition is derived that is adequate to the purpose of our article. Taking into account the identified characteristics of decorative and applied arts, the authors define its value as the way a person displays objective reality. In addition, the main opportunities that exist in the conditions of a modern Russian university for using decorative and applied arts as a tool for students to form an aesthetic attitude to reality are being revealed.