Prima urbes inter, divum domus, aurea Roma / Golden Rome, the Gods' temple, the first one between the cities

Avsony, IV century. / translated by Valery Bryusov

ROME. It takes your head off your shoulders and gives you wings you never knew existed. “This city, frozen with happiness in childhood,” in Brodsky’s words, is exactly how, with special density and strength, as in childhood, happiness floods these vias and piazzas.

O wondrous action! This city immediately integrates the newcomer into its magnificent perspective, which in a mysterious way, without effort, resonates in a person only what is authentic, only what is worthy of eternity, what resonates with the space of the city. And that’s why - at first without understanding the reason - once you get to this city, you experience a happy liberation, almost weightlessness, when the tinsel of external worries and sorrows falls away, which belong to the moment and cannot withstand a new dimension. The heart leaves everything empty, but it is filled with such childish joy that it is difficult to contain. You immediately trust this city, like an old dear friend.

The leitmotif of this city, which is written along its horizon line, interrupted by pine trees, domes and Romanesque campaniles reaching into the sky, is the frailty of momentary care and the eternity of the real, and above everything is a call to the most important meeting for every person, a meeting with yourself: get to know yourself - gnotis auton. And it seems that the main secret of eternal Rome is a great, intimate and joyful message to the heart of everyone who enters its gates: Man is a sacred thing: Homo res sacra.

I was in Rome. It was flooded with light. So,
How only a fragment can dream!
On my retina there is a gold penny.
Enough darkness for the entire length.

Joseph Brodsky

Logging Ships
2016, 110х110, Oil on canvas

Repast
2017, 80х120, Oil on canvas

Sunset on Pincho, Rome
2017, 110х120, Oil on canvas

Invitation. Diptych
2017, 90х100, 90х100, Oil on canvas

Palmetta. Arles
2019, Oil on canvas

Acquedotto
2019, Oil on canvas

Ponte Rotto - Roman Bridge
2019, Oil on canvas

From the Spoglie cycle - I
2015, 70x90, Oil on canvas

Campidoglio. Two parts of the triptych
2015, 140x120, 140x90, Oil on canvas

Misericordia
2015, 105x120, Oil on canvas

From the Spoglie cycle - III
2015, 70x90, Oil on canvas

San Salvatore in L'Auro. Diptych
2015, 120x90, 120x100, Oil on canvas

From the Spoglie cycle - III
2015, 110x120, Oil on canvas

Aventino. St. Alexius Basilica (dedicated to Olga Sedakova)
2015, 105x120, Oil on canvas

Roman Noon. Diptych
2015, 110x90, 110x90, Oil on canvas

The Triumph of Titus. Diptych
2015, 80x80, 80x80, Oil on canvas

Livia's house. Palatine. Diptych
2015, 90x80, Oil on canvas

Livia's house. Palatine. Diptych
2015, 80x80, Oil on canvas

Piazza de'Massimi
2015, 110x120, Oil on canvas

Forum Stones
2015, 70x90, Oil on canvas

Basilica Santa Maria in Aracoeli
2015, 140x90, Oil on canvas

From the cycle "The Walls of Rome. Spoglie" – V
2016, 90х120, Oil on canvas

Villa Livia – I. Diptych
2016, 50х60, 50х60, Oil on canvas

Villa Livia – II. Diptych
2016, 85х100, 80х100, Oil on canvas

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