Painting of the Heart: an exhibition of an Iranian artist has opened in Moscow

The Moscow State Museum of Oriental Art has opened an exhibition of the contemporary Iranian artist Hassan Ruholamini entitled "Art of the Heart". The exhibition features 14 paintings that he painted using the artistic language of Raphael, Delacroix, Leonardo da Vinci and other XIX century artists. Visitors will be able to see the monumental painting The Battle for Water, which the artist rarely exhibits, and another large-scale work, The Generation of the Destroyers.

What painting techniques the Islamic artist uses and what events form the plot of paintings is in our video.

TV BRICS reporter: Olesya Slinko

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