ARCHE-TYPES OF POWER AND WISDOM IN THE SERIES OF PAINTINGS BY V. V. VERESCHAGIN ‘1812’

Abstract

The article in line with the analysis of art features of the series of paintings by V. V. Vereschagin ‘1812’ investigates the presence of arch-types of power and wisdom in interaction with concealed symbols of heroism, faithfulness, simplicity, etc. The author characterizes steps of prominent historic personalities in connection with military events, shows hidden symbols in life and struggle of ordinary people facing the national disaster, as well as some individuals in the hardest periods of public life of the country. We can see contracts and struggle of arche-types on the background of Russian and European history and war history in particular.

Keywords

• powder
• wisdom heroism
• struggle
• art features
• arche-types
• concealed symbols