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Title
: Parfyon Semyonovich Rogozhin |
Details
: Acrylic painting on canvas , 660x760 |
| Description : Imaginary literary portrait based on Fyodor Dostoevsky's 'The Idiot' |
Frame
: Unframed |
not
for sale |
| Besides
the comments below appreciation also comes from: Kascha, Turkey; Alina, Romania; Vag, Greece; Frau K, Germany; Christian, Germany |
I think the exspressionistic fauvistic, using two
contrasting colors, style fits Rogozhin very well. I like how the color
represtent his split personality and his actions driven by madly passion
for Nastasiya. Also I support the theory that Rogozhin is the double
of Myshkin, his dark, passionate side They are the polar opposites, but
in their contrast they have so much in common. The book beginnes and
ends with those two together, they love the same women, each with different
type of love.They even become brothers and Myshkin stays with Rogozhin
till the end . Other then that, I always found Rogozhin very interesting
character and I am rather fond of him despite everything he had done.
So, I must say that this portrait struck me with its depth and passion
and chaos and it is just perfect for Rogozhin. |
| The half-masks of Nastasya that he reaches for do a great job of suggesting
that he wants her as one wants an object--not only is his love only skin-deep
(i.e. lust), he can't even see the complete surface image. What he wants
is an ideal of her, so it's no wonder he kills her. In some ways it also
appears as if he wants to put her on as a mask to cover for his own lack
of spiritual beauty. The coloring on his face suggests, combined with the
snakeskin pattern in the background, that he is akin to a serpent, as in,
the Devil, and as Myshkin's opposite, it definitely seems that's what Dostoyevsky
intended. You sure managed to pack a lot of symbolism into this! M.A., Nov 06 |
| At these days , I thinking about people and their masks... And then i saw that paint... - sorry for my english but i cant pass English lessons well , and i dont like the language thingy - I see myself actually my mental state in that paint... A girl behind a man with her mask and showing her real face to him... And a man before her who thinking about which way is his... And thinking he has a mask too... And the Punch , ithink it meands the Angriness of the man to Girl... And different colors means... hata and Love may be... A dilemma for him... And background shows The man trying to walk two different road , at same time... And its wear down Him... Sorry for Your wish takes Too much time... I hope you can understand my english And thanks for your paint... I think u dont want to say these things with your paint but poets and paints... actually all Art thing... Means different things person to person... Safa, Turkey, Fevb 08 |
| Well, I don't have any idea of who this man is or about
what the book is about, so I can't really say anything about this. I can, however, say something on the imagery. I absolutely love the way you have done the red and green background, you have definitely achieved a successful illusion right there. Again, I don't know anything about the book, but I'm guessing that
the half-faces are masks that the guy uses to hide one side of him.
To me his expression means that he's not exactly the good guy in the
book, although the green side seems to be nicer than the red. |
Good work ! Very nice dualism or almost controversy in the colors and
figures. -Ellen , Netherlands , Dec 03 |
The Idiot is really good. Keep up the awesome paintings, I really like
this piece. -Nicole , USA , Dec 03 |
Oh I love it ! Don't remember if I've read it, this must mean I didn't
and it makes me want to. The background is fantastic.. -Basil Chatelain , Switzerland, Dec 03 |
I really love the patterns in the background and the colours. -Astrid , Netherlands , Dec 03 |