Priest Portraits by Mikhail Vasilievich Nesterov
https://doi.org/10.25281/2072-3156-2016-13-5-592-598
Abstract
This article is devoted to the portraits of clerics created by M.V. Nesterov during the period from 1917 to 1926. The study aims to show the features of the author’s interpretation of the priests’ images through psychological and individual characteristics of the models, along with rejection of the canonical perception of priesthood. The material is presented in chronological sequence of the portraits’ creation. On the basis of the artist’s letters and the memoirs of his contemporaries, the article traces the history of each painting, makes a stylistic and compositional analysis, as well as analysis of the artistic and expressive means. At the end of the article, the author comes to conclusion that the works, painted under the secular realistic art, not only keep their religious depth but also become symbols and images of their time.
Keywords
M.V. Nesterov,
painting,
portrait,
priesthood,
archiereus,
P.A. Florensky,
S.N. Bulgakov,
S.N. Durylin
About the Author
Inessa N. Shokolo
Glazunov Russian Academy of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture
Russian Federation
21 Myasnitskaya St., Moscow, 101000,
Russian Federation
21 Myasnitskaya St., Moscow, 101000,
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Shokolo I.N. Priest Portraits by Mikhail Vasilievich Nesterov. Observatory of Culture. 2016;13(5):592-598. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.25281/2072-3156-2016-13-5-592-598
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