Risunok - osnova izobrazitel'nykh iskusstv i tsentral'naya uchebnaya distsiplina vsyakoy professional'noy khudozhestvenno-obrazovatel'noy sistemy. Eta kniga posvyashchena issledovaniyu udivitel'nogo svoey istoriey fenomena - akademicheskoy shkole risunka i ee forpostu - sankt-peterburgskoy Akademii khudozhestv, na protyazhenii bolee dvukhsot pyatidesyati let zanimayushchey vedushchee polozhenie v vysshem khudozhestvennom obrazovanii Rossii. Sopostavlyayutsya uchebno-pedagogicheskie vozzreniya vedushchikh russkikh khudozhnikov-pedagogov XVIII - nachala XX veka. Postroena teoreticheskaya model' khudozhestvennoy shkoly kak universal'nyy instrument analiza sootvetstvuyushchikh obrazovatel'nykh struktur razlichnogo urovnya. Rassmatrivayutsya problemy sosushchestvovaniya traditsionnogo i novatorskogo v sisteme khudozhestvennogo obrazovaniya, analiziruetsya ponyatie khudozhestvennosti akademicheskogo uchebnogo risunka.