Tag: Russia
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01 Religious Icon, Theotokos of Vladimir, the holy protectress of Russia, with footnotes #45
Theotokos of Vladimir. About 1131 the Greek Patriarch of Constantinople sent the icon as a gift to Grand Duke Yury Dolgorukiy of Kiev. The image was kept in a monastery, until Dolgorukiy’s son Andrey Bogolyubskiy brought it to his favourite city, Vladimir, in 1155. Tradition tells that the horses transporting the icon stopped near Vladimir…
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13 Works, January 24th. is artist Vasily Ivanovich Surikov’s day, his story, illustrated #24
Vasily Ivanovich Surikov (24 January 1848–19 March 1916) was a Russian Realist history painter. He was born to an old Cossack family, descending from Don Cossacks that had settled in Siberia… Please follow link for full post
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01 Work, The Art of War, Vasily Vereshchagin’s Through the fire, with footnotes
Napoleon, with the help of soldiers, moves through the fire towards the Arbat; The name of a part of the city district located in the central administrative district of Moscow.Vasily Vereshchagin carefully studied the history of the French invasion of Russia in 1812, paying particular attention to the military-historical realities. Through source materials and studies devoted…
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Harutyun Khachatryan, The Game 01 Paintings, The amorous game, Part 38 – With Footnotes
Harutyun Khachatryan ( born 9 January 1955) is an Armenian film director, script writer, director of photography, film producer, General director of the Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival, Meritorious Artist of the Republic of Armenia and voting Member of European Film Academy since 2006. Khachatryan was born in Akhalkalak (Georgian SSR, now Georgia). 1981 he…
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01 CLASSIC WORKS OF ART, MARINE PAINTINGS – WITH FOOTNOTES, #18 F
Renat Ramazanov Near the sea Oil, Canvas 90 × 100 cm Private collection Renat Ramazanov was born on September 15, 1978 in the town of Vyshniy Volochek in the Kalinin Region of Russia. The naturally-gifted artist entered art school in Alushta, Ukraine in 1988, studying under Gleba Nikolai, and finishing in 1993 with honors. He…
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