Open AccessA. P. Chekhov and Painting: From Realism to (Pre)Impressionism
Author(s) -
Andrei Dmitrievich Stepanov
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
russkaâ literatura
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.101
H-Index - 2
ISSN - 0131-6095
DOI - 10.31860/0131-6095-2022-1-200-206
Subject(s) - parallels , painting , realism , modernism (music) , art , abstract art , plot (graphics) , literature , contrast (vision) , art history , philosophy , aesthetics , computer science , mathematics , mechanical engineering , statistics , engineering , artificial intelligence
The author addresses the transitional nature of Chekhovʼs art, which had evolved from Realism to Modernism, and, trying to solve this problem, draws parallels between Chekhov’s prose and the paintings of the late 19th century. The article establishes that certain canvases of the Itinerants art movement can be identifed as direct sources of certain motives and episodes in Chekhovʼs works. By contrast, the similarities between Chekhovʼs stories and the (Pre)Impressionist paintings of Isaac Levitan cannot be reduced to exact coincidences of plot or detail, and are limited to the hard-to-defne concept of «mood».