I. Repin’s “Ivan the Terrible and his son”, exhibited in 1885, in a very tense social and political context, sparked off fierce reactions. While the Itinerant painter Kramskoj is enthusiastic, the ge-neral-prosecutor of the Holy Synod, K. Pobedonoscev, finds the painting “simply repulsive”. In France a similar scandal was caused by Gericault’s “Raft of the Medusa” (1819). It represents the last instants of the martyrdom of the survivors of the Medusa’s shipwreck (1816). Repin’s painting, unlike that of Gericault, keeps on arousing a great hostility nowadays in conservative Russian circles.
Sorbonne University, France
Chapter Title
Les tableaux maudits, en France et en Russie
Authors
Pierre Gonneau
Language
French
DOI
10.36253/978-88-6453-507-4.14
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Publication Year
2017
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Book Title
Russia, Oriente slavo e Occidente europeo. Fratture e integrazioni nella storia e nella civiltà letteraria
Book Subtitle
Fratture e integrazioni nella storia e nella civiltà letteraria
Editors
Claudia Pieralli, Claire Delaunay, Eugène Priadko
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Publication Year
2017
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Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/978-88-6453-507-4
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978-88-6453-507-4
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978-88-9273-190-5
Series Title
Biblioteca di Studi Slavistici
Series ISSN
2612-7687
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2612-7679