Arkady Plastov’s Late Works:
Images and Meanings


	Culture and Art Reference: Philippova, I. I. Arkady Plastov’s Late Works: Images and Meanings // Culture and Art. 2013. № 4. P. 446-452. URL: https://en.nbpublish.com/library_read_article.php?id=63016 Philippova, I. I. Arkady Plastov’s Late Works: Images and Meanings Abstract: Analyzing Arkady Plastov’s late works, we can define the main images and meanings there. Internal harmony typical for work by this master, does not disappear under the influence of new ideas and events in the country’s social and art life. Work created by Plastov during his last ten years of life reflected his attitude to the word. Narrative , selected topics and his preferences in genres were closely connected to his art goals. Opposing to sketches in painting, the artist used expressive opportunities of ‘fast work with nature’ in some of his late works. The author of the article pays special attention at such Arkady Plastov’s portraits and paintings as ‘Grandma Katerina and Tanya Yudina’, ‘Death of the tree’, ‘The Blinds’ and ‘April’. In his late paintings, Arkady Plastov shared his own perception of the world that is based on traditional Russian religious and esthetical views and holistic perception of the world. Keywords: art history, Arkady Plastov, religious grounds of creative work, Christian system of values, traditional peasant life, composite structure, emphasis on image and meanings, blind, children in art, fine art. This article can be downloaded freely in PDF format for reading. Download article References 1. Arkadiy Aleksandrovich Plastov. Katalog proizvedeniy. – M.: Sovetskiy khudozhnik, 1976. 200 s. 2. Arkadiy Aleksandrovich Plastov // Al'bom. Sost. N. N. Plastov. Vstup. st. T. Yu. Plastova. – M.: Novyy Ermitazh, 2006. 368 s. 3. «Radost'yu b'etsya serdtse…» // Khudozhnik. – 1972. – № 11. – SS. 19-34. 4. Kaufman R. S. Arkadiy Aleksandrovich Plastov. – M.: Iskusstvo, 1962. 30 s. 5. Kozlov Yu., Avdonin A. Zhizn' i sud'ba Arkadiya Plastova. Dokumental'nyy ocherk. – Ul'yanovsk: Simbir-skaya kniga, 1992. 120 s. 6. Kostin V. Arkadiy Aleksandrovich Plastov. – M.: Sovetskiy khudozhnik, 1956. 57 s. 7. Kuznetsov V. N. Arkadiy Aleksandrovich Plastov i ideologiya pozdnego stalinizma // Tvorchestvo A. A. Plastova v kontekste kul'tury XX veka. – Ul'yanovsk: UOKhM, 2004. S. 26. 8. Lenyashin V. A. Doroga i put' v zhivopisi XIX – XX vekov // Doroga v russkom iskusstve / Al'manakh. Vyp. 68. – SPb: Palace Editions, 2004. SS. 7-11. 9. Lenyashin V. A. …khudozhnikov drug i sovetnik. Sovremennaya zhivopis' i problemy kritiki. – L.: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1985. 316 s. 10. Leont'eva G. K. Arkadiy Aleksandrovich Plastov. – L.: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1966. 71 s. 11. Losskiy N. O. Kharakter russkogo naroda. Kniga pervaya. Posev, 1957. 152 s. 12. Nikiforov B.M. Arkadiy Aleksandrovich Plastov. – M.: Sovetskiy khudozhnik, 1972. 212 s. 13. Plastova T. Arkadiy Plastov. Pravoslavnye istoki tvorchestva // Russkoe iskusstvo. – 2004. – № IV. – SS. 122-131. 14. Tret'yakov N. N. Obraz v iskusstve. Osnovy kompozitsii. Svyato-Vvedenskaya Optina Pustyn', 2001. 264 s. 15. Filippova I. I. Tvorchestvo Arkadiya Plastova i problemy izucheniya russkogo realizma // Problemy sovetskogo iskusstva 1930-50 gg. (k 100-letiyu A.A.Deyneki). – Kursk, 1999. – SS. 82-91

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