Персидская миниатюра, воплощенная в стихотворном тексте
Persian miniature, embodied in the poetic text

Summary/Abstract: This article is part of a doctoral thesis on the reception of Oriental art in early 20th century Russian poetry and fine arts. Analysing the poem that was originally published in the collection “Pillar of Fire” (1921), and comparing it to the poet’s views on fine arts in general the author traces oriental influences on Gumilev’s mature poetry. In her view “Persian Miniature” represents an. aesthetic framework that, through the medium of painting, places a work of art both as a representation and as a tangible physical reality in front of us. This double presence gives full justice to the artist’s life experience turned immortal in art, serving a profane and a sacred function at the same time. The abstraction of the artist’s passions in the painting awakens similarly gentle passions in the observer who also enters into a sensual relationship with the picture . This latter characteristic of the poem makes it into an example of the Acmeist cult of objects.

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