The article deals with the issue about the relationship between the notions of “monumental” and “miniature” in various types of art. A very conditional division of these notions is noted. These notions are characteristic of artistic creativity in general and, as a result, determine the genre definitions of creative achievement in each of the types of art. It has been established that the results of this process are directly embodied in the genre system of musical art, which is influenced by the action of general trends and reflects general processes with a significant degree of mediation. It is noted that the manifestation of “monumental” and “miniature” in different types of art is characterized by a common basis, but different ways of embodiment, which are explained by the various systems of artistic creation means. The historical variability of the notions “monumental” and “miniature” is traced in accordance with the change in aesthetic preferences of a particular historical era. The tendency of unification of the notions “monumental” and “miniature” in the system of contemporary art as special concepts, the mixing of which sets out the pluralism of postmodern cultural space (the idea of space in space), is indicated.

Keywords: art, monumental, miniature, genre system, means of expression.