| These also didn't translate to photos all that well. The paintings were huge. Each one
took up an entire wall, and they were very powerful in person. Dang, I'm beginning to sound
like an art critic, but don't worry. I'm not going to get all civilized on you. |
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| Sodom and Gomorrah. This one was huge and nicely done as well. |
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| This is a Russian Icon. The word comes from the Greek word for Image. Russian and
English are both somewhat derived from ancient Greek, which is why the two languages share quite a
bit of structure and a lot of letters. The Hermitage had a lot of icons. |
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| This one was called "Conquest of Siberia". It has everything a good patriotic
painting should have. It's racist (look at the disparity in weaponry between the whites and the
Asians), it has a good religious theme (look at the banners), and it has a lot of violence. A
pretty good capsule of aggressive behavior I think. |
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| This was another subtle one that didn't translate well. Somehow the painter managed to capture
the essence of a moonlit night. |
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| This is two orphans burying their parents... an all too common occurrence in world history. |
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| I ran out of juice in my camera when I got to this section. It had a whole bunch of nicely
done "Gypsy" paintings, all full of bright swirling colors. During WWII the Jews had
most of the deaths from the Holocaust, but both the Germans and the Russians killed thousands of
Gypsies and other "undesirables". |
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