"Apocalyptic Imagery in Tarkovsky's 'Andrei Rublev'," acrylic on canvas, 16x20 inch, Bishop Maxim, 2023

"Apocalyptic Imagery in Tarkovsky's 'Andrei Rublev'," acrylic on canvas, 16x20 inch, Bishop Maxim, 2023

"I’d like to point out the film ['Andrei Rublev'] ends with an image of horses in the rain. It is a symbolic image as the horse for me is a synonym for life. When I’m looking at a horse, I have a feeling I’m in direct contact with the essence of life itself. Perhaps it’s because the horse is a very beautiful animal, friendly to man, and is moreover so characteristic of the Russian landscape. There are many scenes with horses in Rublev. Take the scene in which a man dies after an unsuccessful attempt to fly. A sad-looking horse is a silent witness to the scene. The presence of horses in the last, final scene means that life itself was the source of all of Rublev’s art." - Andrei Tarkovsky (Interview L'artiste dans l'ancienne Russe et dans l'URSS nouvelle, 1969)

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