Beloved and familiar from childhood, “The Tale of Tsar Saltan, his son, the glorious and mighty hero Prince Guidon Saltanovich, and the beautiful Princess Swan” was created by A.S. Pushkin in 1831.
The heroine of A. S. Pushkin's fairy tale, the beautiful Princess Swan, is a poetic image of the beautiful Virgin from ancient Russian folklore, emerging from the depths of sea waters and snow-white sea foam. In the amazing painting by Mikhail Alexandrovich Vrubel, the Swan Princess appears before us in the foggy, white-winged robe of the morning Queen of the Dawn, majestically floating out of the darkness of the night or the shining evening Queen, leaving into the darkness of the night and casting her farewell glance, full of sadness and kindness.
The beautiful image of the young Virgin embodies the symbol of Russian maiden beauty, greatness and mysterious charm of Russian fairy-tale beauties.
In Slavic mythology, the goose and swan have the gift of speech.
In Vedic Sanskrit:
Lapat, lapat
- lap, lapat – swan, (from words: to babble, to babble)
Lapat
- lapat – to babble, babble, babble
Lapyati
– lapyati – to babble (related words: to babble, swan)
We read about the Swan Princess from Pushkin:
There is a princess beyond the sea,
What you can't take your eyes off:
During the day the light of God is eclipsed,
At night it illuminates the earth,
The moon shines under the scythe,
And in the forehead the star is burning.
And she herself is majestic,
Swims out like a peahen;
And as the speech says,
It's like a river babbling.
Let's imagine that we are linguists from India who found the inscription in an unknown language related to Sanskrit. Let's, like Indian linguists, try to use Sanskrit to read Pushkin's lines.
The moon shines under the scythe
And in the forehead the star is burning
Month
- māsa – month, new moon
under
- pāda – base, stand, lower part,
braid
- keśa – braid, braided hair
glitters
- bhlāś – bhlāśate - shine, shine
a
- a – a, and (conjunction)
in the forehead
- lālāṭī - forehead
stars+yes
- svasti - well-being, happiness, luck, success, prosperity;
Yes—
da - give, give
lit
- ghṛ, gharati - burn, shine
Purna + kandra - pūrṇacandra - face like the moon - standard of beauty = moon + face
Under "lucky star"
: 1) star - zvez + da
2). svas(t) + da - happiness
svasti - svasti - well-being, happiness, luck, success, prosperity
svati - svāti – star Arcturus one of the wives of the Sun
da – give, give. “lucky star” - “lucky star”.
Mandible + yes - jval – burn brightly, shine, shine +da - give, give
The correlation between J and Z is not uncommon among Slavic languages. and Sanskrit.
The "l" sound could be lost in the medial position, leading to "zhva:da" = zva:da (*jva:da - zva:da) = star
So, we discovered that all the words of Pushkin’s poetic lines are related to Sanskrit:
Māsa pāda keśa bhlāśate
A... svasti+da gharati
And she herself is majestic
Performs like a peahen
A
- a – a, and (conjunction)
Herself
– sama – exactly like
That
– to - that
Velichava
– balaja+va – power, strength, might+like
you+steps
- viś+step – move smoothly, perform
As if
- bhūta - to be or to be like...
Peahen
– pava – clean air, wind
Pavana - pāvana - pure, holy, living in the wind; goddess or Ganges
Pavna - pavna - stream, stream (dial.)
Pavana - water, clean and transparent
Pavane is a slow procession dance common in Europe in the 16th century (Renaissance).
Pava - the peacock in ancient times was considered a symbol of immortality.
Pavane - Pavane is a slow ceremonial dance, common in Europe during the Renaissance in the 16th century.
So, all the words of Pushkin’s poetic lines are related to Sanskrit:
And sama to balaja+va
viś+step bhūta pava
And as the speech says,
Like a river babbling
A
– a – a, and (conjunction)
How
– kaḥ – like, like
speech
- ṛc – utterance, recitation of a sacred verse
speaks
– gava (go) – to speak in a chant, solemn chant,
shravana
- śravaṇa – the one who heard the word of knowledge (see Slavs)
Shravakha- śravaḥ - loud praise (Glory), laudatory glory
Shravanya- śravaṇīya - Slavs, means “glorious”
Shravana- zravaNa - “acquisition of knowledge, wisdom”, teaching, “introduction to the Vedas”
Shravanya- śrāvaṇa - to teach, “to join the Vedas”
speech
- ṛ-iyarti – singing a hymn in a sublime voice
murmurs
- jarc, jarcati – murmur, speak melodiously
Ratu
– ratū - heavenly river, heavenly Ganges, truthful speech
retas
- retas – stream, stream, current, flow of rain or water,
from the root - ri(flow)+ka(as)
= rī - ka = re+ka, speech+ka, speech+ka.
murmurs
- JarC - jarcati - speak.
So, we discovered that all the words of Pushkin’s poetic lines related Sanskrit:
And kaḥ ṛc ta gau+iyarti
śravaṇa ṛc+ka jarcati
If you are asked what words of Vedic Sanskrit you know in Russian, you can safely read Pushkin: " There is a princess beyond the sea,
What you can't take your eyes off:
During the day the light of God is eclipsed,
At night it illuminates the earth,
The moon shines under the scythe,
And in the forehead the star is burning.
And she herself is majestic,
Swims out like a peahen;
And as the speech says,
It’s like a river is babbling.”
Every word of Pushkin's poetic lines has roots in Vedic Sanskrit, in which the Rig-Veda is written!
Mikhail Aleksandrovich Vrubel found the source of his inspiration in the Russian epic epic and national folklore tradition. Based on myth, legend, epic, the artist did not illustrate them, but created his own poetic world, colorful and intense, full of triumphant beauty and at the same time disturbing mystery, the world of fairy-tale heroes with their earthly melancholy and human suffering.
Nadezhda Ivanovna Zabela, a famous singer and muse of the artist, brought not only the charm of feminine charm into Vrubel’s inner world. Music entered his heart even more. and Zabela’s creativity were inextricably linked with each other by invisible but strong threads. Zabela's talent was formed with the direct participation of Vrubel.
Nadezhda Ivanovna created an unforgettable image of the Swan Princess in Rimsky-Korsakov’s opera “The Tale of Tsar Saltan.” A sign of this success was also a postcard issued after the benefit performance - a photograph of Zabela in the role of the Swan Princess. This postcard, apparently, was the impetus for the appearance of Vrubel’s new work - the painting “The Swan Princess”.
True musicality is in the painting itself, in the way the airy, weightless colors in the foreground flicker and shimmer, in the finest gradations of gray-pink, in the truly immaterial pictorial matter of the canvas, “transforming,” melting. All the languid, sad beauty of the image is expressed in this special pictorial matter.
The charm of native nature, the proud and gentle soulfulness of a fairy-tale bird girl. The secret spells of yet conquered evil witchcraft. Loyalty and firmness of true love. The power and eternal force of good. All these features are combined into a wonderful image, marvelous in its unfading freshness and that special majestic beauty characteristic of folk tales.
What a gift it was necessary to have in order to embody this pure and chaste appearance in! Tell in the language of painting about a dream, about the incredible. Only a great artist who understood the beauty of Rus' could do this.
“Wings are our native soil and life,” wrote Mikhail Vrubel, and in another address to a close friend he exclaimed: “How much beauty we have in Rus'... And you know what stands at the head of this beauty - a form that has been created by nature forever. And without certificates with the code of international aesthetics, but infinitely dear because she is the bearer of a soul that will open up to you alone and tell you yours?” In this way, very few people are given the ability to understand the depth of the most intimate in art, and that is why Vrubel was able to write this masterpiece, because he loved the Fatherland, the people, and the beauty.
"The Swan Princess". The girl turns around, her thin, gentle face is sad, her eyes glow with mysterious sadness; they have a painful melancholy of loneliness. The wide-open, enchanting eyes of the princess look into the very depths of your soul. It's like she sees everything. That’s why, perhaps, the sable eyebrows are raised so sadly and a little surprised, and the lips are closed. She seems ready to say something, but remains silent.
The composition is constructed in such a way that it seems as if we have looked into a fairy-tale world, where a magical bird girl suddenly appears and is about to disappear, sailing to a distant, mysterious shore. The last rays of the sun play on the snow-white plumage, shimmering with rainbow colors. The turquoise, blue, emerald semi-precious stones of the patterned crown-kokoshnik flicker, and it seems that this tremulous radiance merges with the reflection of dawn on the crests of the sea waves and with its ghostly light it seems to envelop the delicate features of a pale face, making the rustling folds of a semi-airy white veil, held against the breeze, come to life wind with a girl's hand.
Huge snow-white but warm wings emit pearlescent, pearly light. The sea is agitated behind the Swan Princess. We can almost hear the measured sound of the surf on the rocks of the miracle island, shining with crimson, scarlet, welcoming magic lights.
Far, far away, at the very edge of the sea, where it meets the sky, the rays of the sun broke through the gray clouds and lit up the pink edge of the evening dawn...
It is this magical flickering of pearls and precious stones, the trembling of dawn and the glare of the flames of the island lights that creates the fabulous atmosphere that permeates the picture, making it possible to feel the harmony of high poetry sounding in the folk legend. Incredible goodness is poured into the canvas.
Maybe sometimes only the slight rustle of wings and the splash of waves break the silence. But there is so much hidden songfulness in this silence. There is no action or gesture in the picture. Peace reigns.
Everything seems to be enchanted. But you hear, hear the living heartbeat of a Russian fairy tale, you seem to be captivated by the gaze of the princess and are ready to endlessly look into her sad, kind eyes, admire her charming, sweet face, beautiful and mysterious.
“The Swan Princess” is one of the most captivating, intimate female images created by the artist. It does not have the serenity of the “Sea Princess” - anxiety and prophetic premonitions creep into the fairy-tale world. A.P. Ivanov said about this picture: “Isn’t this the Virgin of Resentment herself, who, in the words of the ancient poem, “splashes with swan wings on the blue sea” before the days of great disasters. Yes, Vrubel’s Swan Princess is more likely to originate from the Virgin of Resentment “The Tale of Igor’s Campaign” than from the heroine of Pushkin’s “The Tale of Tsar Saltan” or Rimsky-Korsakov’s opera on this plot. In Pushkin and Rimsky-Korsakov it is daytime, bright. Tsarevich Guidon saved her from a snake, a kite, she becomes Guidon’s wife and arranges everything for everyone’s happiness.
In Vrubel’s painting, the mysterious bird with the face of a maiden is unlikely to become a man’s wife, and her farewell, languid gaze, her hand gesture, warning, calling for silence, do not promise well-being. The mood of the picture is alarming: the blue twilight is thickening, the crimson streak of sunset is visible and some evil red lights in the distance are not the same as in the clear city of Ledenets. The princess does not approach, she floats away into the darkness, and only turned around for the last time to make her strange sign of warning. Her face is unusually beautiful: the “indescribable beauty” of fairy-tale princesses, and her magically shimmering plumage, smoky, shimmering pink, and an airy veil, and kokoshnik pearls, and shining precious rings. “The Swan Princess” perhaps represents the culmination, crowning and end of the fairy tale theme.
Alexander Blok was especially fond of the painting “The Swan Princess”. A photograph of it always hung in his office in Shakhmatovo. It was inspired by a large poem with the subtitle “To Vrubel”:
The distances are blind, the days are without anger,
Mouths closed.
In the princess's deep sleep
The blue is empty.
What instant powerlessness?
Time is a light smoke...
We will spread our wings again,
Let's fly again!
And again, in a crazy shift
Cutting through the firmament,
Let's meet a new whirlwind of visions,
Let's meet life and death!
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“The Swan Princess” (1900) is one of Vrubel’s most mysterious paintings. Plot-wise, this image is connected with Russian fairy tales and mythology, as well as with famous literary images - the swan princess from “The Tale of Tsar Saltan” by A. Pushkin, as well as the heroine of the opera by N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov based on the plot of the same fairy tale by Pushkin. The role of the Swan Princess from the opera was sung by Vrubel’s wife, Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel. The artist loved to embody the image of his beloved wife in many of his paintings.
However, in this picture of the painter there is no even remote resemblance to his wife - the face of the Swan Princess does not resemble her at all, nor to the heroines of the fairy tales of Pushkin and Rimsky-Korsakov. There is pure major music, joy; although these are magical, they are quite “earthly” images. The Swan Princess from the fairy tale marries her loved one, and with her help, the lives of fairy-tale heroes improve and proceed safely and happily.
But Vrubel’s Swan Princess is not like that. Her face is mystical and distant. Her eyes are full of knowledge of the secrets of existence unknown to man. It is unlikely that such a maiden will become a man’s wife. Her destiny is a different love, and other spaces unknown to man.
This bird-maiden has only a face, hands and a long braid that resemble a person. But this face is incomprehensible and mysterious. You can’t tear yourself away from the dark pool of her eyes, looking into your very soul. These eyes and facial expression are sad and anxious. There is no peace in them. Who knows what they saw in the world where this creature came from, and what secrets were revealed to him. When you look at this face, some alarming premonitions begin to worry you, and a feeling of trouble creeps into your soul.
The background of the picture speaks about the same thing - passionate and disturbing at the same time. The mysterious maiden is depicted against the backdrop of a gloomy sea and the approaching sunset. The dark colors of the sea and sky merge on the horizon into a single whole, and only the pink stripe of the setting sun separates them. The bird maiden herself is depicted in the middle of this gloomy and dark endless sea, as if she appears from the water and comes into contact with it. She feels the merging of two elements - air, into which she can rise at any moment on her huge snow-white wings, and water - the depths of the sea, which hides amazing secrets in its depths, and can be terrible and harsh, angry and raising waves to the skies .
Behind the back of the fabulous diva is a dark dense forest. In front of her are the mysterious lights of a mysterious island. The maiden herself does not approach us, but moves away - she is about to go into the darkness, and it seems that she turned around for the last time to say something, but never opened her lips.
Her beautiful face with delicate features, full sensual lips, a thin oval face, huge, soulful and somehow incomprehensible eyes, the thin lace of her veil, the shine of precious stones on the crown and rings, the airiness of her snow-white wings exudes unearthly beauty and goodness. This maiden resembles the face of an angel. But the angel is not only sensitive and vulnerable, but also detached from man. In everything it is felt that she is a creature from other worlds, and not from this mortal earth.
I want to endlessly wonder what secret this face hides, what did she see on this earth? Where did it come from and where will it go? This is a virgin, which means her image is associated with love. Since it is surrounded by a landscape familiar to us - forest, sea, then it means it is on earth. Where does it come from? From a loved one? What is the story, what relationship connects her with him? And why couldn't she stay? Did he offend her, was unable to appreciate and accept her love, or, on the contrary, is he pining for this unearthly creature, which must go back to where it came from? Where, to what dark distances does the Swan Princess go now?
This is a picture of the unknown to which the human soul is so inescapably drawn - from the usual routine of life to a fairy tale, to a myth, to the incomprehensible mystery of existence. And Vrubel the artist perfectly managed to convey and express the alluring anxiety and mystery of this image with the mysterious symbolism of pure colors, the play of reflections, and the gloomy coloring of the picture.
I want to endlessly look at the mysterious canvas, solving those riddles about which the beautiful Swan Princess is silent.
The swan maiden is found in the folklore of different peoples of the world, and, as a rule, the graceful bird certainly marries the main character. Russian folk art is no exception. However, the most striking image was presented in the work about the king and his glorious son. The heroine of the fairy tale, Princess Swan, acts as a magical assistant to her savior. The wise girl is also distinguished by her captivating beauty.
History of creation
Alexander Sergeevich spent several years before presenting to readers the adventures of Tsar Saltan and his son. The writer, while while away the months in Mikhailovsky exile, painstakingly collected material, wrote down tales and legends overheard from ordinary people. The basis for the work was the folk tale “Knee-deep in gold, elbow-deep in silver,” and the poet borrowed some details from the magical stories of the nanny Arina Rodionovna. In 1832, a poetic work under the long title “The Tale of Tsar Saltan, of his glorious and mighty hero Prince Gvidon Saltanovich and of the beautiful Swan Princess” was published.
The bright character of the poetic work was the Swan Princess - a character completely taken from folklore. The Virgin in the form of a swan is one of the most ancient archetypes and is of great importance in the symbolism of myths and legends. In pre-Christian Rus', the luxurious bird enjoyed special respect, was called the king of birds, and elegant, graceful girls were compared to it. In folklore, the White Swan knows the secret of living water and rejuvenating apples, embodies wisdom and magical power, fidelity and chastity.
The swan from the fairy tale about Tsar Saltan absorbed the features of three beauties from Russian legends: Vasilisa the Wise, Elena the Beautiful and Sophia the Wise. The princess is also related by origin to the first heroine: the Swan is the sister of 33 sea heroes, and Vasilisa the Wise is the heir of the sea lord.
Pushkin scholars suggest that the theme of the Swans was also taken from the epic about the hero Potyk, which was included in the collection of Kirsha Danilov. The author borrowed details of the appearance - “the moon shines under the scythe, and the star is burning in the forehead” - from another folk tale about a wonderful boy. However, the image of a maiden with a burning star in her forehead also found a place in the works of the Brothers Grimm.
However, Alexander Sergeevich endowed “his” Princess Swan and the work as a whole with some features; the female image eventually became unique. Thus, in not a single folk tale with a similar plot is there a motive for saving a wonderful maiden, and the bird does not turn into a woman. The characterization of the heroine is also unusual: the author diluted her magical abilities with worldly wisdom.
The Swan Princess in the tale of Tsar Saltan
The main characters of the work are Tsar Saltan, who married a commoner, and his son Guidon, who immediately after birth was thrown into the sea by court envious women along with his mother. The key female character is embodied by the Swan Princess, who helps the prince return to his homeland, reunite with his family and find happiness.
The magic bird lived on Buyan Island, which is located somewhere “beyond the sea”. A barrel with the prince and his mother imprisoned in it was washed up on its shores. Guidon's meeting with the Swan happened during a hunt: the young man saved the bird from a hungry kite, in return receiving a promise of reciprocal help.
Guidon built a city on the island. Transforming with the help of the Swan Princess first into a mosquito, then into a fly, then into a bumblebee, the prince travels with the shipbuilders to his homeland and there he overhears his father talking about the wonderful things that fill the world. To lure Saltan to visit Buyan, the young man gets a strange squirrel that gnaws golden nuts with emerald filling and can sing, invites 33 heroes to visit - Swan also tried. However, Saltan, unaware that Guidon is his son, still cannot get his act together.
Finally, the king found out about the princess, whose beauty outshines God's light. She turned out to be the Swan saved by Guidon. Saltan deigned to get to the island, where he met his family, and Guidon married a beautiful bird maiden.
Film adaptations
The heroes of Pushkin's fairy tale first came to life on film in 1943: directors Valentina and Zinaida Brumberg presented children with a black and white cartoon, where the Swan Princess was voiced by actress Maria Babanova.
An animated film based on the work appeared in color in 1984, on which Ivan Ivanov-Vano and Lev Milchin worked together. In the cartoon, the princess speaks in the voice of the brilliant Lyudmila Ivanova.
In the format of a feature film, the fairy tale entered the Soviet cinematography with the light hand of Alexander Ptushko. Actress Ksenia Ryabinkina appeared as a magical bird who turned into a beautiful girl. The year the picture was created is 1966.
In American cinema, there was also a place for Swans, although far from Pushkin’s heroine. In 1994, the cartoon “The Swan Princess” was released, directed by former Disney studio employee Richard Rich. This was followed by a series of sequels: “The Swan Princess: The Secret of the Castle”, “The Swan Princess: The Secret of the Enchanted Kingdom” and four more full-fledged cartoons. In films, the main heroine of royal blood is bewitched by an evil lord: during the day the girl lives in the form of a bird and only with the onset of darkness turns into a human. Voiced by Princess Michelle Nicastro.
- The image of the Swan Princess has become part of the Russian fine arts. In 1900, the artist Mikhail Vrubel painted a picture in which the fairy-tale character appears in a white-winged robe. The girl looks at the viewer with a farewell glance, filled with kindness and sadness. They say that the author created the work after being impressed by the opera of his compatriot.
- Based on the fairy tale, the composer created a wonderful opera at the end of the 19th century. In 1928, the ballet “The Swan Princess” was staged to this music, and 80 years later, the composition received a new life thanks to the Olympic champion. The original performance on the water “The Tale of Tsar Saltan” delights Russians during the New Year holidays. The water tale is a mixture of art and sports; the production involves circus performers, dancers, and athletes, whose list of achievements includes Olympic victories. The role of Swans is played by Alla Shishkina, Olympic champion in synchronized swimming.
Quotes
“They say there is a princess,
That you can't take your eyes off.
During the day the light of God is eclipsed.
At night it illuminates the earth."
“Hello, my handsome prince!
Why are you as quiet as a stormy day?
Why are you sad?”
“But a wife is not a mitten: you can’t shake a white hand off, and you can’t tuck it into your belt.”
“Know that your destiny is close, because I am this princess.”
Vrubel M.A. - artist of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Looking at his canvases, you understand that a fairy tale can come to life, as evidenced by Vrubel’s painting The Swan Princess.
The Swan Princess Vrubel: a brief description of the painting
The work of Mikhail Alexandrovich The Swan Princess is an illustration for everyone’s favorite fairy tale About Tsar Saltan. You look at the reproduction of the painting we used to paint in 4th grade and I want to say only one thing: amazing, excellent, complete delight. I don’t want to say anything else, just watch and consider. Peer at every stroke and admire the color scheme.
What do we see on the canvas?
In the center of the picture we see a beautiful girl, the swan princess. She is dressed in a snow-white, airy and beautiful outfit that is blown by the wind and this makes it seem as if wings have appeared behind her back, making her look like a beautiful swan. On her head is a kokoshnik in the form of a beautiful crown strewn with jewels. A thin transparent veil falls from the hair.
The girl has very beautiful big eyes, a sweet gentle face and closed lips. Looking closely, you can notice her sadness and sadness, which gives you goosebumps. Why is she sad? Maybe because she broke up with her loved one, or maybe she is sad to watch the sunset of the summer sun, which occurs on the last day of summer. We won't know the truth, we can only guess.
Looking at the work, we see a stopped moment when the Swan Princess looked back, while before that she was leaving somewhere. She looked back to look at something important to her, perhaps to shout or say something. Turning back, she allowed us to see her beauty in all her angelic form. Yes, it is with the angel that I want to compare the heroine of Vrubel’s painting.
Behind us we see a gloomy sky and disturbing water. By this, the artist further emphasized the Princess’s melancholy.
How does this work make me feel?
The picture is fabulously luxurious and beautiful, and evokes ambiguous feelings that are difficult to convey in words, but I will say one thing. Looking at Vrubel’s painting, I mentally find myself in a fairy-tale kingdom, and this makes my soul feel warm and good.
Essay based on the painting The Swan Princess, version 2
Today we continue to work on an essay based on Vrubel’s painting The Swan Princess, where we will briefly get acquainted with the history of the creation of the canvas, and also dwell in more detail on the description of Vrubel’s painting The Swan Princess, sharing our emotions and thoughts.
An essay on the theme of the Swan Princess can be used for grades 3 and 4.
The history of the painting The Swan Princess
In writing a description according to plan on the theme of the Swan Princess, I would like to immediately note the amazing talent of the artist, who managed to paint not just a picture, but a truly mysterious work, which only vaguely resembles the plot of Pushkin’s famous fairy tale. In fact, we are immersed in some kind of mystical atmosphere, drowning in the gaze of the mysterious Swan Princess, and wondering what these beautiful eyes saw, what secrets do they keep, what knowledge is within her control and unknown to man? These questions arise from just one glance of the heroine, who is the central image of Vrubel’s painting.
The artist painted his picture, being inspired by the opera The Tale of Tsar Saltan, for which the artist himself created the scenery and worked on costume sketches, and his wife played the main role, performing the part of the Swan Princess. Inspired by the image of his wife and under the impression of the opera itself, the artist decides to create the image of the Princess, which was inspired by lyrical singing. Some people believe that on the canvas the artist depicts his wife as the heroine of a fairy tale, but this is not so. The image of the painting is the result of the imagination of a master of the pen who managed to combine the incongruous.
Vrubel's painting The Swan Princess, on which we are writing an essay, was born in the Chernigov province on the Ge farm in 1900. The canvas is located in. We will continue to work on the essay about the Swan Princess and focus on the description of the painting.
Description of Vrubel's painting The Swan Princess
When I look at the picture, I understand that the artist managed to capture the most mysterious moment. This is reincarnation. Some may think that this is the very moment when the swan turns into a girl, but I believe that the artist captured the moment when the beauty turns into a bird. All that remains of the heroine’s human appearance is her face, hands and a long braid. Another moment - and the girl, already in the body of a beautiful swan, will fly away into a world where there is no way for man. But why is she leaving? Who is he running from? From a loved one? Or is he running away from our mortal world?
She is in no hurry, so she decided to look back, and all the beauty of the charming woman is revealed to the viewer. She captivates with her beautiful face, delicate features, sensual lips, and simply enchants with soulful eyes that can look into anyone’s soul. Her blue eyes resemble an abyss in which you can drown. They sparkle like the stones of the kokoshnik with which the artist decorated the princess’s head, and its heaviness further emphasizes the girl’s fragility. The author of the painting emphasized the tenderness of the princess with a thin veil that falls down. The girl holds her hand and wraps her shoulders, as if trying to hide for some reason.