Exhibition “Karl Bryullov and Italy”

On December 12th at 6.30 pm – on Karl Pavlovich’s birthday – the Russian House in Rome offers a unique opportunity to “enter” one of Brjullov’s most famous paintings – “The Last Day of Pompeii ” from the collection of the Russian Museum. Thanks to augmented virtual reality technologies, participants in the digital attraction will be able to visit the so-called “living painting” and find themselves in the deserted Via delle Tombe, where the events described by the great painter take place. Furthermore, visitors will be able to see the drawings and sketches, find out from which technological layers the work is composed and which techniques Brjullov used to construct the composition of the painting.

The experts will talk in detail about the life and work of the Master. The exhibition “Karl Briullov and Italy” includes photographs of medallions painted by Briullov, preserved today in the Church of St. Nicholas in Rome, and panels from the Russian Museum Русский музей/The State Russian Museum explaining the history of the creation of the most famous paintings of the painter.

One of the main researchers of Bryullov’s work, Grigory Goldovsky, head of the 18th-first half of 19th century painting department of the Russian Museum, Honored Worker of Culture of the Russian Federation, will participate in the evening via video link from Moscow. The head of the “Virtual Services” office of the Russian Museum Maria Gladkikh will conduct the virtual tour of “The Last Day of Pompeii” through AR glasses, and the historian, writer and researcher Mikhail Talalay will introduce the public to the new Russian documentary film “ Karl Bryullov. Don’t burn.”

The screening at the Casa Russa will be the Italian premiere of the film. The documentary, created under the patronage of the Russian Historical Society, tells about the years of Briullov’s life in the town of Manziana near Rome and the main stages of his life in Italy. The film will be screened in Russian with Italian subtitles