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The spirit of hunting penetrates throughout the painting. It is the
theme well familiar from the paintings of different epoch. But this
time it is an unusual hunting - hunting of the small bees for a mighty
tiger. Despite of their incomparable sizes, it is obvious that the
tiger and the bee resemble each other, due to their similar striped
patterns. There is a deeper meaning of that similarity: The bees
unified by the instinct, become an unstoppable force, capable of
chasing a big predator. The symbolism of the painting is connected
with the dramatic character of the human life – the constant struggle
of the person’s will and purposefulness against a “plenty of tiresome
cares”, surrounding him. |
