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Sep 25 2022

Victor Kossakovsky: Gunda + Marie Amiguet & Vincent Munier: The Velvet Queen

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Victor Kossakovsky, Gunda.
Photograph: © Victor Kossakovsky

The secret life of beasts

Written by Carol Raphael · Categorized: Film · Tagged: carol raphael, french, guest post, gunda, marie amiguet, russian, the velvet queen, victor kossakovsky, vincent munier, women

Mar 03 2019

Nicholas Roerich: Beautiful Unity

Nicholas Roerich, The Greatest and Holiest of Tangla - The Culturium
Nicholas Roerich, The Greatest and Holiest of Tangla.
Photograph: Public Domain

The shining light of Art

Written by Paula Marvelly · Categorized: Literature, Visual Arts · Tagged: beautiful unity, nicholas roerich, nonfiction, painting, prose, russian, travel

Nov 12 2017

Sergei Parajanov: The Colour of Pomegranates

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Sergei Parajanov, The Colour of Pomegranates.
Photograph: © Second Sight Films

Cinematic Holy Grail

Written by Paula Marvelly · Categorized: Film · Tagged: andrei tarkovsky, armenian, russian, sayat-nova, sergei parajanov, the colour of pomegranates, video

Aug 20 2017

Leo Tolstoy: A Confession

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Isaac Levitan, Autumn Landscape With a Church.
Photograph: [Public Domain] The Athenaeum

Where there is life, there is faith

Written by Paula Marvelly · Categorized: Literature · Tagged: a confession, autobiography, christian mysticism, essay, isaac levitan, leo tolstoy, nonfiction, prose, russian, spirituality

Mar 19 2017

Andrei Tarkovsky: Instant Light

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Andrei Tarkovsky, Instant Light.
Photograph: © 2017, Thames & Hudson

Capturing eternity in a moment

Written by Paula Marvelly · Categorized: Literature, Visual Arts · Tagged: andrei tarkovsky, instant light, photography, poetry, russian

Jan 22 2017

Danila Tkachenko: Escape

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Danila Tkachenko, Escape.
Photograph: © 2017, Danila Tkachenko

How life in the wilderness reveals a more meaningful way to live

Written by Paula Marvelly · Categorized: Visual Arts · Tagged: danila tkachenko, escape, photography, russian

Nov 04 2016

Pavel Lungin: The Island

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Pavel Lungin, The Island.
Photograph: © 2017, Curzon Artificial Eye

There is no sanctuary from sin

Written by Paula Marvelly · Categorized: Film, Wisdom · Tagged: christianity, pavel lungin, russian, spirituality, the island, video

Sep 16 2016

Leo Tolstoy: The Three Hermits

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Mikhail Nesterov, Hermit Fathers and Immaculate Women.
Photograph: [Public Domain] WikiArt

How individual belief triumphs over religious dogma

Written by Paula Marvelly · Categorized: Literature, Wisdom · Tagged: christian mysticism, fiction, leo tolstoy, mikhail nesterov, prose, russian, short story, spirituality, the three hermits

Jul 22 2016

Andrei Tarkovsky: Cinematic Genius

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Andrei Tarkovsky.
Photograph: Festival de Cine Africano de Córdoba, [CC BY-SA 2.0] Wikimedia Commons

How Russian filmmaker turned movie making into transcendental art

Written by Paula Marvelly · Categorized: Film, Literature · Tagged: andrei tarkovsky, movie, nonfiction, prose, russian, sculpting in time, stalker

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