The artist is Losenko
The first canvas on the topic of Russian history. The plot was borrowed from "Russian history" M. AT. Lomonosov and annals. Novgorod Prince Vladimir suggested that Polotsk Princess Rognede become his wife. Being rejected, Vladimir went to the war on Polotsk, killed his father and the Princess brothers and took her into his wife by force. The moment of repentance was chosen as the plot when Vladimir "Cales for forgiveness" for violence, which is very characteristic of educational ideas of that era directed against arbitrariness "despotic".
In general, the picture, built by the artist in accordance with the classic attitudes of the Academy of Arts, is of a conditional, recitation-pathetic character. Architecture and costumes correlate with antique, heroes are young and beautiful, the composition resembles the theatrical mise -en -scene. In the form of Vladimir, the features of the famous tragic actor and. AND. Dmitrevsky.
In this work, the artist took a significant step towards the embodiment of human passions in the painting, to get rid of abstract idealization. The picture brought the author of the title of academician and professor.
