Siberian Federal University 
- Issue
- Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2009 2 (1)
- Authors
- Libakova, Natalia M.; Koptzeva, Natalia P.
- Contact information
- Natalia M. Libakova, Natalia P. Koptzeva: Siberian Federal University 79 Svobodny, Krasnoyarsk, 660041 Russia, e-mail:
- Keywords
- native philosophy; philosophy of the Universal unity (Vseedinstvo); V.S. Solovyov’s conception; Russian painting; «The Merchant’s Wife at Tea»; «The Great Taking the Veil»; «Phantoms»; «The Whirlwind» paintings
- Abstract
The specificities of the Russian culture of the 19th – 20th centuries are considered in the article. The authors think that the main philosophical problem of all times and nations is trustworthiness of truth for a man in all the levels of his being. The specificity of the native culture of the period is that truth, including the absolute truth, is a stem of a man’s simple and real being. Vladimir Solovyov’s philosophy of the Universal unity (Vseedinstvo) and works of art of the great Russian painters – «The Merchant’s Wife at Tea» painted by B.M. Kustodiev, «The Great Taking the Veil» painted by M.V. Nesterov, «Phantoms» painted by V.E. Borisov-Musatov, and «The Whirlwind» painted by F.A. Malyavin – can be offered as metaphysical base of the conception. The authors consider works of fine arts to be visual philosophical texts where the painters set out their conceptions in keeping with the great philosophical discoveries characteristic of the epoch, which allows to comprehend the present reality with the means of painting.
- Pages
- 67-83
- Paper at repository of SibFU
- https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/894
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