Easter Subjects in Kustodiev's Paintings and “Khristosovanie” of 1916

Kustodiev's Easter paintings: The Exchange of Easter Greetings, Bright Resurrection, Easter Day, The Easter Service, Easter Eve. The most famous, of course, is The Exchange of Easter Greetings of 1916, with a merchant and his wife kissing before a rich festive table laid with kulich, paskha, eggs, meat, fowl, caviar and wines. It is very interesting to see how the traditions of Easter decoration have changed and how they have not: the roses on the kulichi, for example, look remarkable

Report a translation error

September digest: archaeological finds, exhibitions, museums, theatre and the Church

In the finale of the Strugatskys' Roadside Picnic, the Golden Ball is told: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to offend nobody, but the digest really does come free of charge. So, here is the main business of the

Frederic Leighton

Frederic Leighton. “Daedalus and Icarus”, 1869 Daedalus warns his son not to climb too high: the heat of the sun may melt the wax, but Icarus is already gazing into the distance, and the lamentations of a foolish old man interest him not in the least

Easter Subjects in Kustodiev's Paintings and “Khristosovanie” of 1916

Read more

September digest: archaeological finds, exhibitions, museums, theatre and the Church

Frederic Leighton

Attempts to resolve the problems of many years of uncontrolled mass migration

Characters from Gogol's "Petersburg Tales" on the pedestal of the monument to Nikolai Gogol on Nikitsky Boulevard, photograph of the 1960s