I see myself in the mirror

The book of one of the major experts in the art of the children"s book L.S. Kudryavtseva, the author of many publications for children about artists, is addressed to the young reader entering the world of Russian culture. He has a meeting not only with its great representatives - A.S. Pushkin, his environment, with artists, creators of his portrait. The book unobtrusively brings up a difficult culture of perception and assessment of a work of art, introduces the secrets of the creative process of artists. It is written in the genre of conversations with the young reader, it is impressive in the freedom of presentation and fascination - the author of owning an aesthetic analysis of the picture concernsly and emotionally reveals through the analysis of portraits the image of the great poet in different years of his life and creativity. The story of the creation of the best portraits of Pushkin, created during his lifetime and made later, up to the work of artists of our days, is traced