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Russian Way. From Dionisius to Malevich exhibition opens in Vatican today, November 19. About 40 precious paintings from Tretyakov Gallery collection are on the view in Italy. According to the head of Tretyakov Gallery Zemfira Tregulova, it is unprecedented large-scale event, Kavkaz News report.
Bathing of a Red Horse by K. Petrov-Vodkin, Appearance of Christ to People by A. Ivanov, Unexpected by I. Repin, Demon by M. Vrubel, 15-17 centuries icons and other masterpieces to present the best from the Russian art collection.
As Russkiy Mir reported
earlier, this event is a reciprocal step to the visit of Vatican museum collection to Russia last year. Artworks of Caravaggio, Raphael, Perugino, Veronese were on the view.
The exhibition opens with Dionisius icon and closes with another Russian icon of 16 century. According to the curator Alexander Ippolitov, the Russian art is not presented in chronological order, because the point of the exhibit is to show the Russian spirit in its consistency. He has stated that during the Moscow-Vatican videolink.
Italian Ambassador in Russia Pasquale Terracciano has claimed that during 9 months of his work in Moscow he had time to feel spiritual force of Russian people and Russian art. During the same videolink Pasquale Terracciano has expressed the thought that this spiritual force is especially visible when people in Russia are looking at icons in church. He has also noted Russian Seasons festival in Italy that has gathered about six million people all around Italy and called total success.
Russkiy Mir
