Video: Contradictory symbolism: the legendary "Wounded Angel" and the twofold "Garden of Death"
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"Wounded Angel", "Garden of Death", "Devil at the Cauldron", "Dancing on the Embankment" - these are not the names of horror films, but artistic canvases (Нugo Simberg). In his paintings, life goes side by side with death, good opposes evil, and angels wage an eternal struggle with demons, reminding the viewer that everything in this world is balanced and fleeting …
Rumor has it that most of his paintings Hugo painted during periods of a nervous breakdown, which now and then overwhelmed him. It is also worth noting that one of the most popular works was created by him after he left the hospital, suffering from meningitis. Looking at this picture, one gets the impression that the author deliberately tried to mislead the viewer, focusing on childish innocence, while he immediately clearly showed that very thin line between life and death, dooming an unearthly creature to certain death. And it is not at all surprising that Simberg's work is replete with a variety of plots that touch on the most exciting topics, where the sinful, mixing with the righteous, tells about secret symbols, religion and the eternal confrontation between good and evil.
Is another impressive work by the author, in which the main characters are three skeletons dressed in black clothes, busy in purgatory sorting out human souls stylized as plants that need constant care. Thus, the artist tried to show that even death is capable of experiencing feelings, taking care of such fragile flowers that personify human souls. And despite all the conventional wisdom, controversy and condemnation, Hugo Simberg will remain one of the most legendary Symbolist artists of the century before last and last, who managed to create a series of contradictory paintings on the verge of subtle irony and insanity, looking at which one involuntarily gives itself to reflections on the theme of being, because they all carry an endless flow of energy and deep meaning …
Perhaps, the works of symbolist artists for a long time will not only excite the imagination, intriguing to the very end. After all, their legendary canvases, shrouded in ancient secrets, religious squabbles, cruelty and death, to this day, tell about the most secret nooks of human souls …
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