Historical, Philosophical, Political and Law Sciences, Culturology and Study of Art. Issues of Theory and Practice. Tambov: Gramota, 2017. № 4. P. 22-24.
GNOSTIC INTUITIONS IN THE PICTURE BY N. K. RERIKH "MOTHER OF THE WORLD"
An Svetlana Andreevna, Pasechnik Vladislav Vital'evich
Altai State Pedagogical University in Barnaul
Abstract. The article provides a comprehensive analysis of the canvas by Nikolai Konstantinovich Rerikh "Mother of the World". The authors examine the composition, colour scheme and symbolism of the picture, analyze its axiological content, and describe gnostic conceptions and Pleroma images personifying mystical feminity and the Absolute cognition. The paper identifies elements of iconography of religious and philosophical doctrines based on gnosis.
Key words and phrases: живопись, гностицизм, мистика, София, Плерома, пневматики, космизм, painting, gnosticism, mysticism, Sophia, Pleroma, pneumatics, cosmism
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