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"Trepak" by Cristina Marsi

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	This piece is based on a Dance Macabre by M. Moussorgskij titled "Songs and Dances of Death". This is the third scene. A drunk peasant on his way home meets the Grim Ripper that lures him into a fatal dance. Trepak is the name of a russian dance. 2007 - Pastels on black Fabriano pastel paper. Each scene is 3040 cm.*

Date	Name	Comment
18 Oct 2007	Aeschylus	Loading... Without reading your description, I thought about some scenes from Tolstoy and Dostoevsky when I looked at this. It is such a strange scene; a man lying awake in the snow, and not really thinking about getting up and walking. Then I saw the Reaper's hand. Awesome.

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'Trepak':

• Created by:

Cristina Marsi
• Copyright: ©Cristina Marsi. All rights reserved!

• Keywords: Accordion, Dance, Dances, Death, Drunk, Forest, Grim, Ice, Marsi, Moussorgskij, Pastel, Ripper, Snow, Song, Songs, Wine, Winter, Wolf, Wood
• Categories: Ghosts, Ghouls, Aparitions, Man, Men
• Techniques: Soft (Chalk) Pastels
• Submitted: 2006-11-27 16:50:44
• Views: 1291
• Resolution: 542x700

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