Essay "In Giorgione's homeland" in the context of P.P.Muratov's art criticism

The authors give a detailed analysis of esthetic principles and poetics in the essay In Giorgione's Homeland from The Images of Italy by Paul Muratov, a 20th century Russian writer. Attention is paid to the genre of this work, its style and composition. The Russian critic's essay is observed in the dialogue with English literature of the 19th century (D.G.Rossetti, G.Ruskin, W.Pater, O.Wilde). The emphasis is made on the artistic and critical interpretation of Giorgione's art in the context of Renaissance painting and artistic culture at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries.