The image of an artist among representatives of the profession and amateurs of performing arts: analysis of stereotypical representations

The article is devoted to the study of the image of a professional artist through the study of stereotyped ideas about the presence or absence of certain personal qualities. The novelty lies in the consideration of the stereotypical ideas of the artists themselves about what qualities a "typical" representative of the acting profession should have.
The Introduction examines the basic ideas about the personality of a professional artist. Analyzed the research of foreign and domestic scientists in the field of psychology of creativity, performing arts. So, the study of the artist's personality mainly took place in the plane of art and creativity. The conclusions of theater teachers, art historians, directors are of great practical value for understanding the personality of an artist and stage activity in the context of psychological science. The main research methods were selected “Questionnaire of bipolar profiles” by T. G. Stefanenko (modified by A. V. Grishina, N. E. Komerova) and analysis of the data obtained using the U-Mann-Whitney statistical test.
The Results of a comparative analysis of the study of two groups (artists of professional theater and amateurs of theatrical art) made it possible to identify the conditionally “positive” and conditionally “negative” qualities most characteristic of the representatives of the artist's profession. The assessment of the similarities and differences of opinions of the respondents regarding the presence of these qualities in a "typical" actor was carried out.
In the Discussion, it was concluded that the ideas about the image of an artist in both groups of subjects are similar in terms of the presence of a professional artist of high emotional intelligence, optimism, emotional excitability, high performance, but they have differences regarding such personality traits as high self-esteem, laziness, vanity, pessimism. Statistically significant differences were obtained in assessing the level of vanity among representatives of the profession. For example, professional artists believe that an artist is less vain and lazier than lovers of performing arts estimate him.

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