
Mikhail Vrubel. The Artist of the Eves
A Soul Torn by BeautyBy Mikhaïl GuermanLength3h 32m
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Mikhail Aleksandrovich Vrubel (1856-1910) was a painter whose art has been described as a Symbolist and Proto-Expressionist. He exerted a tremendous influence on Russian avant-garde painters. After graduating from the Academy of Fine Art in St. Petersburg, Vrubel made many trips to Italy and earned his living restoring medieval art treasures. This greatly influenced Vrubel's choice of subject matter, although he was also heavily influenced by the literature of his own country, which was then in full flower. The magnificent full-colour reproductions in this book of the Russian master, whose work deserves to be far better known in the West, will be a revelation to all who are unfamiliar with his work and a delight to the enthusiast.
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Table of contents
1Introduction
9THE GOTHIC AND ART NOUVEAU PERIOD
2INTRODUCTION
10VRUBEL’S PORTRAITS - MIRRORS OF THE SOUL
3THE EARLY YEARS
11DISCOVERING THE MAGIC WORLD OF THEATRE
4ACADEMY AND CLASSICAL TRADITION
12BETWEEN FABLES AND FAIRYTALES
5RELIGIOUS THEMES OF THE KYVER PERIOD
13INSANITY AND DEMON GLORY 6 A BORDERLINE SITUATION
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6THE FIRST STEPS INTO THE WORLD OF ARTS IN MOSKOW AND ST. PETERSBURG
14HIS LAST YEARS – BETWEEN BRIEF REMISSIONS AND ENFORCED INACTIVITY
7THE LANGUAGE OF SYMBOLISM
15VRUBEL’S ART – A WINDOW TO INFINITY
8VRUBEL, THE EUROPEAN
16CHRONOLOGY