Ivan the Terrible and his son Ivan

“A famous work dating from 1885 by Russian realist painter Ilya Repin, Ivan the Terrible and his son Ivan. The painting depicts Ivan the Terrible mortally wounding his son Ivan in a fit of rage, and it is considered the most psychologically intense of Repin’s paintings -- an expression of the artist's revolt against violence and bloodshed, yet within the painting of oils on canvas, the eyes painted by Repin depict Horror, an intense feeling of fear, shock and disgust. However, it seems Violence begets violence because the painting was vandalized twice.” ~~ ALEXANDRA GUZEVA~~ “Art is not always beautiful, but if it makes you feel something, it is art” ~~The Poet~ Repin’s brush depicted actions that could only disharmonize. Terror haunted the Tsar’s pain ridden eyes. Ivan The Terrible’s eyes stare with remorse and panic. Violent actions were frequent, his emotion was manic. He and his son argued, in impulsive rage, father struck his son. Father’s eyes silently scream “What have I done?” Tightly grips his son and tries to stop the bleeding with the other hand. Blood streams from his son’s head, he regrets this, it is so unplanned. Ivan the Terrible’s spear, such a lethal weapon, lays on the ground. There is a pool of his son’s blood there too, spilled all around. Ivan his son, his head reposed, has the face of a betrayed son. He will die from the inflicted wound, he sheds a solitary tear, just one. He shows sadness and loathing of the deed that’s been done. 1st Tsar of Russia Ivan the Terrible administered many bloodthirsty deeds. Yet for slaying his own son, he regrets, a mistake as his son bleeds. He realizes his actions are irreversible. His eyes truly haunt when you scan Ilya Repin has done the impossible making us pity this merciless man.