Introduction:
Ilya Repin’s painting ‘Ivan the Terrible and his Son’ is seen as one of the greatest examples of filicide, which is when a father kills his child. Repin pours a lot of emotional turmoil into the piece demonstrating an affinity with the situation and also showing that the filicide was absolutely unnecessary to quell the bloodthirsty tyrant who had already done enough damage to society as a whole. The expression of Ivan’s face is rather instructive as it shows Repin’s themes usually dealt with the existing social order of the pre Revolution and focused on the trials and ...
