Title | The image of water in portraits of the age of Peter the Great | ||||||||
Author | Berdyeva, Aygul M. | ajgulberdiewa@gmail.com | |||||||
About author | Berdyeva, Aygul M. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Ph.D. student | ||||||||
In the section | Russian Art of the 18th Century | ||||||||
Year | 2012 | Volume | 2 | Pages | 348–354 | ||||
Type of article | RAR | Index UDK | 7.034(47+57) | Index BBK | 85.03 | ||||
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The paper is dedicated to the portraits of the first quarter of the 18th c. representing Peter I and his companions against the background of marine motifs, which are characteristic of the age. The image of water may have various interpretations. The sea background that usually indicates one’s association with seamanship can be interpreted as a symbol of the State and also as a sign of person’s readiness to perform feats of arms. The water element, usually in close connection with heaven and earth, is interpreted as a fundamental part of the Universe. A human being, enclosed in such a “cosmogonical frame” of natural elements, appears as a model of the Universe. In that case, into the centre of the system the Person of the Monarch is placed, and his power is represented as divine. |
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Reference | Berdyeva, Aygul M. The image of water in portraits of the age of Peter the Great. Actual Problems of Theory and History of Art: Collection of articles. Vol. 2. Eds: Anna V. Zakharova. St. Petersburg, NP-Print Publ., 2012, pp. 348–354. ISSN 2312-2129. | ||||||||
Full text version of the article | Article language | russian | |||||||
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