Victor Vasnetsov. The threshold of paradise

SHADEVR V.M. Vasnetsova "Joy of the righteous about the Lord. The threshold of paradise "is a sketch of the painting of the Vladimir Cathedral in Kyiv. The master combined canonical severity with picturesque colorfulness. The masters who saw this work believed that he put his soul into it.
Triptih "The joy of the righteous about the Lord. The eve of Paradise "for Vladimir Cathedral in Kyiv V.M. Vasnetsov created for ten years. The artist had to make about 400 picturesque drawings, create 15 paintings, 30 separate figures and many ornaments. He wrote on canvas with oil, gouache, watercolor, mascara with the use of white and bronze gilding. When the work was done, the magazine "World of Art" wrote: "This is a sustained whole creation, in which a living impulse and a large decorative flair is felt