RECEPTION OF LEONID ANDREEV’S PROSE THROUGH THE PRISM OF THE ART OF COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY

Abstract

The article analyzes Leonid Andreev’s creative legacy, which clearly demonstrates the synthesis of various art forms characteristic of the Silver Age. A striking example of this synthesis is the organic combination of literary creativity and photography in the writer’s artistic world. The authors examine Andreev’s experiments with the form and content of literary works, demonstrating that the reception of the writer’s text is not limited to the framework of the work of art and is carried out with the support of the art of color photography. Andreev’s photographs using the color autochrome technique earned him a special place in the history of Russian culture, becoming a source of inspiration for subsequent generations of artists and writers. The writer’s work is examined from the perspective of its combination of elements of literature, photography, theatricality, and even journalism. The authors of the study conclude that Andreev’s prose and his photographs form a unified artistic space, structured by a consistent motivic and figurative paradigm, shared feelings, emotions, and worldview.