IN LINE WITH THE CANON AND AGAINST THE GRAIN: LERMONTOV AND VRUBEL

Abstract

This paper deals with the works of Mikhail Aleksandrovich Vrubel inspired by the oeuvre of Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov and his view of the themes of Angel and Demon, eternal ones both in the Russian and world literature. The author records the reception of their respective works in their environment, as well as the extent to which they ft the then religious and artistic canons.

Keywords

• demon
• angel
• Lermontov
• Vrubel
• art of painting
• canonical