The artwork, titled “Terem of Yaroslavna. By the monastery wall,” was created by Nicholas Roerich in the year 1908. This piece belongs to the Art Nouveau (Modern) movement and falls under the genre of design.
In the artwork, a captivating scene unfolds along the wall of a monastery. The depiction, shrouded in a dark and somewhat mysterious palette, uses a combination of deep blues, blacks, and grays. The wall stretches across the image’s left side, vacillating between light and shadow, and converges towards a structure resembling a tower with a distinctively pointed roof on the right. The foreground is rendered in dark hues, accentuating the wall’s geometric angularity, while the ominous sky adds a layered intensity to the tranquil yet sombre setting. This combination evokes a sense of historical reverence and quiet solemnity that is characteristic of Roerich’s work within the Art Nouveau movement.
