Painting by I.I. Mikhailov “Andrei Dionisievich, prince Myshetsky” (1930s). Symbols of religious painting and the identity of Russian Old Believers in Poland
https://doi.org/10.28995/2658-4158-2021-2-94-116
Abstract
The article is concerned with a religious painting by Ivan Ipatievich Mikhailov “Andrey Dionisevich, Prince Myshetsky”, created in the 1930s. The main idea of the article is to show the aesthetic and didactic functions of art. The study employs an interdisciplinary approach that contributes to a better comprehension of the picture: the iconographic, iconological and iconic methods are complemented by the analytical history of culture. The analysis allows concluding that
1) the painting reveals a direct connection with the national Russian-Old Believers culture in Poland in the 1930s;
2) the painting depicting the Vygovsky leader and celibacy advocate A. Denisov, in a direct and paradoxical way also served to strengthen the special ideology of married Pomortsy (the most moderate trend among Old Believers - Bespopovtsy) in Poland in the 1930s;
3) Mikhailov's “Andrey Dionisevich” was an original work, and not just a reproduction (of an earlier engraving), since through the “seeing vision” (an important term in the iconology by M. Imdal) it acquired a new meaning. The hero of the early Old Belief A. Denisov for the first time became a particularly important religious figure and a fellow for the married Pomortsy of Poland in the first half of the 20th century. In other words, the “seeing vision” allowed to cover both the subject of the picture itself, and the artist or viewer who saw it anew (comprehended, understood).
About the Author
G. V. Potashenko
Vilnius University
Lithuania
Lithuania
Grigoriy V. Potashenko - Dr. of Sci. (Humanities).
bld. 7, Universiteto St., Vilnius, LT-01513.
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Potashenko G.V. Painting by I.I. Mikhailov “Andrei Dionisievich, prince Myshetsky” (1930s). Symbols of religious painting and the identity of Russian Old Believers in Poland. Studia Religiosa Rossica: Russian Journal of Religion. 2021;(2):94-116. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.28995/2658-4158-2021-2-94-116
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