Mikhail Vrubel. The Demon Slayer
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Mikhail Vrubel. The Demon Slayer
14.99 €
Mikhail Vrubel's personality seems deliberately woven from contradictions. Constantly living among fellow artists, friendly with many—yet isolated from everyone. Proud, but good-natured. Outwardly cold and selfish—yet in reality, sensitive, capable of the most devoted love and friendship. Inclined to the bohemian life—yet incredibly hardworking. A man of art living at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, he was almost indifferent to the coming changes and upheavals that were troubling society with unprecedented force.
This tangle of contradictions is often attributed to mental illness, and Vrubel's work is seen as a sign of madness. But another point of view is that it was creativity that saved the artist, making his personality so strong that even illness could not destroy it for many years.
It is no wonder that Mikhail Vrubel devoted so much attention and passion to fairytale and mythical creatures. He himself was the hero of a fairy tale—sometimes sad, sometimes funny, sometimes bright, and ultimately, increasingly tragic. And yet, this tale speaks not of defeat and capitulation to darkness, but of victory over it.
Dmitry Ovsyannikov's biographical novel continues the "Art of Living" series, which has already published warmly received books about Amedeo Modigliani, Egon Schiele, Hieronymus Bosch, and Sergei Rachmaninoff.
This tangle of contradictions is often attributed to mental illness, and Vrubel's work is seen as a sign of madness. But another point of view is that it was creativity that saved the artist, making his personality so strong that even illness could not destroy it for many years.
It is no wonder that Mikhail Vrubel devoted so much attention and passion to fairytale and mythical creatures. He himself was the hero of a fairy tale—sometimes sad, sometimes funny, sometimes bright, and ultimately, increasingly tragic. And yet, this tale speaks not of defeat and capitulation to darkness, but of victory over it.
Dmitry Ovsyannikov's biographical novel continues the "Art of Living" series, which has already published warmly received books about Amedeo Modigliani, Egon Schiele, Hieronymus Bosch, and Sergei Rachmaninoff.
See also:
- All books by the publisher
- All books by the author
- All books in the series The art of living