A HYPOTHETICAL MODEL OF THE STRUCTURES OF VISUAL ART ABILITIES

Following a review of the literature on the structure of visual art abilities, the author presents her own conception. Among the abilities important for visual work, three categories are singled out: elementary abilities specific to visual art activity, complex abilities making up common determinants of diverse kinds of artistic activity, and a general intellectual ability conditioning the creative nature of any kind of activity. A particular configuration of abilities belonging to these categories is decisive, in the author's view, for a specific structure of competence underlying visual art activity of any given type (reproductive, conservational, crafts, conceptual, etc). The point at issue for the suggested model is an isolation of three categories among abilities important for visual work. The author is of the opinion that definite configurations of abilities belonging to the respective categories are decisive for a specific structure of aptitudes underlying visual art activity of a particular kind or type.