In this work, the artist used a well-known iconographic theme, reflecting the events described by St. Luke. In fact the iconography, however, he is determined differently - "Christmas" or "The Adoration of the Shepherds" - should be distinguished from other canonical scene of the Nativity - Adoration of the Magi ". The fact that this is currently subject to judge well-read image of an ox - the right. As is well known in the cave of Bethlehem there were ox and an ass that his breath warmed lying in the manger of the Divine Child. Other characters are so conventional, that identify them, except, perhaps, the most Bogomladentsa impossible. Although it is logical to assume that in the lower part shows the silhouettes of the shepherds, who sent the angel Gabriel to worship the newborn Messiah. It is worth noting that this plot, since the 15 th century, often used in secular painting. Spoken to such grants, as El Greco, Murillo, Caravaggio, Rubens. In the modernist movements, it also occurs, for example, Gauguin. However picturesque solutions on the topic with such a high degree of stylization and abstraction - a rarity. This, in particular, this work is curious. Despite the fact that the depicted events take place at night, the dominance of red put the special energy, it is appropriate. In the Russian iconographic tradition in images of Christmas also dominated by bright colors. This highlighted the joy at the birth of the Savior.
As far as justified by the use of transsyurrealisticheskogo method in dealing with this topic - a debatable question, one can hardly suggest anything further from the canonical requirements, but it should be noted that, as in other works on the Christian theme, a sense of the sacrament of the artist to convey what is happening, so however, it is possible. 
canvas/oil 80cm x 95cm 1993 The artwork is framed Price 7984 USD
2007.03.31
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