This painting by Arkady Rylov usually provokes lively and immediate reactions from the audience, as her images and colors are extremely accessible and attractive at the same time. Images are perceived as very close and familiar to everyone. A student only needs to listen to his impressions and associations and present them in an accessible form for him.
The composition of Rylov’s painting “In the Blue Expanse” is appropriate to start with a commentary on the name and how it corresponds to what can be seen on the canvas. In order to direct the attention of the student and enhance his perception, you can ask a simple question: "Who is it in the title? Who is" in the blue "?" Birds? Or a sailboat? Lyrical hero? Viewer?
The name of the school work, unless otherwise specified by the assignment, can be formulated simply: “Arkady Rylov. "In the blue expanse." The composition of the picture usually has the same name as the analyzed work itself.
Short description
The plot of the picture is not as simple as it might seem at first glance, and its description can be detailed or voluminous. A detailed description of the characters and images involves a home and a long, and concise - respectively, a short composition. “In the Blue Expanse” does not resist either long descriptions or laconic essays. This picture can be comprehended both intuitively and intellectually - by connecting to the analysis of available cultural signs.
The composition of Rylov’s painting “In the Blue Expanse”, begun by commenting on the name, can be continued by stating the general impressions of what he saw and the first attempts to answer the question of how the feeling of spaciousness is created.
By the way, when listing images, you must not forget to name the “blue expanse” itself. Often it is he who is omitted by schoolchildren (at best called “sky” or “sea”).
Compositional center of the picture
Like other talented works, this picture has a complex composition, and where exactly its semantic and aesthetic center is located can be interpreted in different ways. And the point is not that it can be seen in the image of birds or the sky, or the island. The fact is that the canvas is so lyrical that it inevitably creates a feeling of the presence of the viewer. This space does not exist by itself, but precisely in the perception of the observer.
It is important to say about the composition as such that its peculiarity lies in the fact that, rather, it is not the background that plays the role of the background for the foreground, but vice versa. Flying birds serve as a backdrop to the perception of the blue expanse.
It should also be said that clouds, a sailboat, swans and, it seems, even an island - everything is subject to a single movement and everything reflects each other.
Cultural associations. Birds
The composition based on Rylov’s painting “In the Blue Expanse” will look strong and skillful if we tell in it about those associations with the well-known images of Russian culture that the canvas evokes.
Birds, of course, are associated with characters from the fairy tale "Geese Swans." Such an understanding is characteristic of Russian culture. You can recall at least the words of B. Gersht from the famous song put to music by V. Gavrilin :
Melted snow flooded the ground,
Geese swans flocked from across the sea.
We were waiting for both joy and trouble -
That spring we met with you ...
Cultural associations. Sailboat and the sea
A sailboat at sea cannot but resemble the “Sail” of M. Yu. Lermontov.
Against the background of these two images, the island is included in the contexts of culture - first of all, as a fairy-tale space from the works of A.S. Pushkin.
Thus, the picture accumulates the energy of literary and folklore images. Of course, the author of the essay can also formulate a host of other associations.
The title of the canvas, which was given to him by the author A. Rylov, “In the blue expanse”, the composition can interpret even deeper, like the all-Russian space.
Point of view
Further, you can continue the previously begun reflections on what impressions the picture “In the Blue Expanse” leaves. An essay can have a ring composition: begin with a description of immediate intuitive sensations, and end with a reflection on what is achieved by associations with Russian literary images.
First of all, again, on a different level, the question of the invisibly present lyrical hero of the picture becomes interesting. Where is he located? The point of view is located in such a way that you can most likely see what is happening from the water. This means that the lyrical hero is also involved in the general movement. But which way is he sailing? Sailing away from Russian space or sailing towards it? How does he rate it? How infinitely his own, dear, or how that which escapes, floats away from him, goes into the past?
A student can give subjective answers to these questions based on his impressions. However, it is important that the author’s words are not unfounded, but reinforced by the interpretation of significant details.
Thus, the composition of Rylov’s painting “In the Blue Expanse” enables the student to express himself not only as a contemplator, but also as an erudite. The analyzed picture can be successfully used not only in the lessons of the Russian language, but also in the lessons of literature.