Identifier: internationalstu70newy (find matches)
Title: International studio
Year: 1897 (1890s)
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Subjects: Art Decoration and ornament
Publisher: New York
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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6o THE CALL OF THE BELLS(from the old PSKOV SERIES)BY NICOLAS ROERICH
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^ — si ■r.: u: ■.■ z. C >s: • 1 — Lo X H PI A RUSSIAN PAINTER : N. K. ROERICH or school, allhough some compare himto Gaugin, Blake, or Vroubel, others seethe spirit of the Far East and Byzantiimiin his mural decorations and ikons. Buthe devotedly follows his own path, linkingup for him humanity with the spirit ofthe Cosmos. One without the other isimpossible to him. a 0 a A profound study of the Stone Ageand his own excavations in Russia, havegiven Roerich a complete grasp of theinner spirit of ancient life. The old Rus-sian churches, cities, and homesteads onhis canvases breathe of their intimacy withtheir mother-soil. Russia has lived throughso many turmoils that people who have hadto defend themselves have held on to thatsoil fast and firm. Outside, there unfoldeditself the vast beloved land, to grow cornon it, or to fight for it, or to gaze at thepassing foreign caravans. Inside, within the thick walls beset with the turrets andporches of the younger generations, th

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