Раскат грома: История о жизни и смерти создателя «Щегла» и удивительной силе искусства

Utrom 12 okti͡abri͡a 1654 goda v gorode Delft razdalsi͡a "raskat groma". Kolossalʹnyĭ vzryv na porokhovom sklade razrushil t͡selyĭ kvartal, unesi͡a sotni zhizneĭ i pokalechiv eshche tysi͡achi. Sredi zhertv byl molodoĭ uchenik Rembrandta, avtor znamenitogo shedevra "Shchegol", - Karel Fabrit͡sius. Emu suzhdeno prolezhatʹ pod razvalinami, sredi dyma i udushai͡ushcheĭ pyli, ri͡adom s sobstvennym polotnom, dolgie shestʹ chasov. Pomoshchʹ prishla slishkom pozdno.Rasskazyvai͡a o tom, chto predshestvovalo tragedii, o zhizni Fabrit͡siusa i ego tvorchestve, pisatelʹnit͡sa i art-kritik Lora Kamming perenosit chitateli͡a v mir Niderlandov XVII veka - mir, v kotorom zhili i tvorili Rembrandt, Vermeer, I͡Akob van Rëĭsdal, Adrian Korte, Gerard Terborkh i mnogie drugie vydai͡ushchiesi͡a zhivopist͡sy. Zolotoĭ vek gollandskoĭ zhivopisi tesno spletaetsi͡a v ee povestvovanii s Shotlandieĭ XX stoletii͡a i sovremennym Londonom, a sudʹba talantlivogo delʹftskogo zhivopist͡sa - s sudʹboĭ khudozhnika Dzheĭmsa Kamminga, ott͡sa avtora. Iskusno sochetai͡a iskusstvovedenie i memuary, Kamming sozdaet udivitelʹnui͡u, trogatelʹnui͡u i glubokui͡u istorii͡u o sokrushitelʹnoĭ sile iskusstva. O smerti Karela Fabrit͡siusa izvestno chutʹ li ne bolʹshe, chem o zhizni. On pogib v 1654 godu iz-za rokovogo stechenii͡a obstoi͡atelʹstv, kogda v Delfte vzorvalsi͡a porokhovoĭ sklad. Pochti vse sledy Fabrit͡siusa kanuli v Letu. Odni istoriki iskusstva ne udeli͡ai͡ut figure Fabrit͡siusa dolzhnogo vnimanii͡a, drugie schitai͡ut ego lishʹ nedostai͡ushchim zvenom mezhdu Rembrandtom i Vermeerom.Na samom dele tvorchestvo Fabrit͡siusa unikalʹno. Do nashikh dneĭ doshlo edva li bolʹshe desi͡atka ego kartin. No kazhdai͡a iz nikh - shedevr. Lora Kamming issleduet zhiznʹ Fabrit͡siusa i ego nasledie posle delʹftskoĭ tragedii, tvorchestvo tekh, kto ego okruzhal - masterov Zolotogo veka gollandskoĭ zhivopisi, - i sudʹbu sobstvennogo ott͡sa, shotlandskogo khudozhnika.Ėto kniga o tom, chto dli͡a nas znachit zhivopisʹ, kak ona mozhet voĭ ti v nashu zhiznʹ i izmenitʹ ee v odno mgnovenie.

On the morning of October 12, 1654, a "thunderclap" was heard in the city of Delft. A colossal explosion at a powder magazine destroyed an entire neighborhood, claiming hundreds of lives and maiming thousands more. Among the victims was a young pupil of Rembrandt, the author of the famous masterpiece "The Goldfinch", Karel Fabricius. He is destined to lie under the ruins, amidst smoke and suffocating dust, next to his own canvas, for six long hours. Help came too late.Talking about what preceded the tragedy, about the life of Fabricius and his work, writer and art critic Laura Cumming takes the reader into the world of the 17th century Netherlands - the world in which Rembrandt, Vermeer, Jacob van Ruysdael, Adrian Korte, Gerard Terborch and many other outstanding painters lived and worked. The golden age of Dutch painting is closely intertwined in her narrative with Scotland of the 20th century and modern London, and the fate of the talented Delft painter is with the fate of the artist James Cumming, the author's father. Artfully combining art criticism and memoirs, Cumming creates an amazing, touching and profound story about the crushing power of art. Almost more is known about the death of Karel Fabricius than about his life. He died in 1654 due to a fatal combination of circumstances when a powder magazine exploded in Delft. Almost all traces of Fabricius have sunk into oblivion. Some art historians do not pay due attention to the figure of Fabricius, others consider him only the missing link between Rembrandt and Vermeer.In fact, Fabricius' work is unique. Hardly more than a dozen of his paintings have survived to this day. But each of them is a masterpiece. Laura Cumming explores the life of Fabricius and his legacy after the Delft tragedy, the work of those around him — the masters of the Golden Age of Dutch painting — and the fate of his own father, a Scottish artist.This is a book about what painting means to us, how it can enter our lives and change it in an instant.