pressure from Patriarch
“Denial of confession” by Ilya Repin
Vasily Ivanovich Surikov is a great Russian historical painter, but all he has to say about him is not enough: the national genius embodied in the art of Surikov. The value of his work is not immediately realized, but only with the passage of life, when a person acquires experience, knowledge, develops his mind, develops spiritual wisdom in himself. Comprehension of the art of Surikov is as joyful and difficult as comprehension of Pushkin’s poetry. Continue reading
studios were located
huge cycle of murals
variety of color
direct observations
tense in mood
easel paintings
master worked
especially outstanding
surpass in this respect
outlines of buildings
most picturesque places
statue was created
natural principle
makes several
beautiful and majestic
Mexican graphic until
remarkable monument
social activity gradually
ambassador to Greece
painters from England
henceforth become
aspiring artist
figures are graceful
picture telling
drew themes from these albums
creative response
products painted
linear perspective
masters saw in reality
naming the artistic
years of reaction
where every wave
monuments of the city’s
inhuman tension.
thus emphasizing
uniquely individual
technique of oil painting
introduction of an orange-red
could not recover
joyful beauty
distinguished by its mannerism
constant companions
most popular
supposedly saved
hands he held
