Author: Hanna KozeletskaName: «Kyiv’s Source of Eternity» Size: 200 х 370 smMatherials: oil on canvas
Description:History of Kyiv, as part of the eternity and sanctity of the Ukrainian land. Kyiv is the source of Ukrainian culture. It is by studying this sacred source that it is possible to realize the scale of Ukrainian culture and the greatness of personalities that this fertile land gives birth to. Culture was not born by itself, it was created and maintained by people. It is about such people that I am opening a work.Modern people need an example of great, true leadership in society, in order to build culture, we need to know our Ukrainian cultural foundation laid down over millennia.The painting depicts personalities from different historical periods, from the reign of the Rurik princes to the founding of the first educational center. To the right, in the lower corner, the defenders of Ukraine are military Cossacks, original and strong. This power is in our blood, we must know and remember it, always! There is no time interval in the picture, which is why I emphasize an important component - the eternity of the source of Kyiv. It is here on the canvas that the faces of Ukrainian culture and courage united for the happiness and development of our present and future.Time passes, man on earth is not eternal, but what does he leave behind for future generations, what development, what heritage, what culture? After all, each of us can be the one who will shake the world with his good deeds and creative evolution.Symbolism: Cossack baroque, Old Slavic alphabet, scrolls, hand gestures, geometry of forms, architecture, towel, ornaments, coat of arms, etc.Petro Mohyla - founder of the largest center of enlightenment - Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, patron.Galshka Gulevichivna is a philanthropist, founder of the Kyiv Brethren Epiphany Monastery and the Kyiv Brethren School, from which the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy traces its history.Also personalities on the canvas:Yaroslav the Wise, Volodymyr the Great, Princess Olga, Anna Yaroslavna, Volodymyr Monomakh, Konstantin Ostrozky, Bohdan Khmelnytskyi,Ivan Mazepa, Petro Sahaidachny, Nestor Litopyets, Cyril and Methodius and others.Color value:White is a symbol of purity and holiness.Ocher and umbra are a symbol of earth and fertility.This color emphasizes the historicism of the painting.The philosophical idea of the painting is the history of Kyiv, which is included in the eternity of Being.