In today's news, I continue to fall in love with ornamental borders as a (literal) framing device for visual storytelling.

Bilibin drew on the aesthetics of Art Nouveau, lubok folk art and ukiyo-e prints to illustrate Pushkin.

His iconic style is a major inspiration. https://t.co/MVTloOIsbf

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According to Vivz, Husk knows russian. And you know... You can't know russian without knowing Pushkin's poems. This one is a "confession".

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Nearly two centuries later, the brine of unquestioned beliefs in which his fiction is immersed is as impossible for the critically-engaged 21st century person to ignore as the historically-descended flaws of his contemporaries were to Pushkin himself.

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Albert Marquet - Vesuvio, 1909. Museo Pushkin.

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'Ruslan and Ludmila' written by A.Pushkin in 1820 and illustrated in 1964 by Palekh painters B.Parilov and V. Dudorov.

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'Ruslan and Ludmila' written by A.Pushkin and illustrated in 1964 by Palekh painters B.Parilov and V. Dudorov. The story is of the abduction of Ludmila, the daughter of a prince, by an evil wizard and the attempt by the brave knight Ruslan to find and rescue her.#FairyTaleTuesday

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Illustration for the poem 'The Tale of the Golden Cockerel' by Alexander Pushkin, 1906

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Character Introduction: Pushkin Anastasiyovich Ostroverkhova!
created and drawn by: (formerly credited on this account as )
Died in 1929 and loves to annoy people! Worships Aphrodite and will probably steal your drink if given the chance

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The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist (Madonna Stroganoff) – Agnolo Bronzino, c. 1541. (The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow).

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"There's a fair princess; they say
That she charms all hearts away -
Brighter than the sun at noon,
She outshines the midnight moon,
In her braids, a crescent beams,
On her brow, a bright star gleams."

"The Tale of Tsar Saltan" by Alexander Pushkin

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To walk about at one’s ease,
delighting in holy nature
and works of inspired art.
To sink in tender silence!
There is my justice, and joy. . . .

—Pushkin

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He Huaishuo

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Illustration for the poem 'The Tale of the Golden Cockerel' by Alexander Pushkin, 1906

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“El Ebanista” illustration inspired by Alexander Pushkin’s entitled "The Coffin-Maker" by Yahir Esquivel ⚰️ https://t.co/3qd1GXCJMF

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Tsarvena Lebed or The Swan Princess from "The Tale of Tsar Saltan" by Pushkin. Illustration by Iren Horrors.

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Illustration for the poem 'The Tale of the Golden Cockerel' by Alexander Pushkin, 1906

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"The Family of the Vourdalak" is a novella by Alexei Tolstoy. The word "Vourdalak" was referenced by Pushkin referring to or werewolves from Slavic folklore. The novella became the basis for "I Wurdulak", one of the 3 parts of "Black Sabbath" https://t.co/SOJyWUUVLo

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a wee review of the galleries, I have visited beyond UK shores. Finally, to the galleries, stating with Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts home of some of the mighty Shchukin Collection (the balance is in the Hermitage).

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