holy places attracted from the greatest russian artists of the 19th century such as vasily polenov vasily vereshchagin ilya repin ilya repin noted the specifics of the atmosphere itself, the features of sunlight in jerusalem especially since it turned out. here in the summer, vasily vereshchagin created canvases in paints, essentially documentary, creating pictures of biblical history. vasily polenov in palestine collected material for one of his main works, the painting christ and the sinner, the tradition of artistic understanding of the life of the holy land continued into the twentieth century. currently, orthodox nuns, carrying out obedience in the monastery of the gethsemane monastery, create watercolor drawings that depict the places of the gospel events of the holy land, the place where the feet of the savior and the apostles stepped on many watercolors of the sisters of the monastery, you can see flowers according to the remarks of the saints, the fathers of the flower, as a symbol of perfection , left by the lord on earth for a reminder. the savior contemplated the heavenly para