"Nastasya Filippovna 2", acrylic on canvas, 2021, Bishop Maxim
Nastasya’s character is shown in a rare moment of amazement when surprised by Myshkin’s words she realizes a different way of looking at life. Prince Lev Nikolayevich Myshkin and Nastasya Filippovna are the protagonists of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s 1869 novel The Idiot. Christian Bobin said that Prince Myshkin is a “prince of empathy.”
SAVED BY BEAUTY
Dostoevsky and the Modern World
A Visual Tribute to the 200th Anniversary of the Birth of Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-2021)
Painting exhibition of the group OCHRE
Edited by Bishop Maxim (Vasiljevic)
This exhibit is a tribute to literary legend Fyodor Dostoevsky on the occasion of two hundred years since his birth (1821-2021). The paintings reflect aspects of the author's life and struggles as well as characters and scenes from his famous novels and seek to awaken in us a sense of a deeper spiritual reality and a transformative beauty.