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"Pskov" was painted, as another work with the same view – "The Old Pskov", in 1922. In the both paintings, the viewer's eyes are directed to an archway, which highlights the theatrical concept of the composition.
In the work, we see a slightly twilight time of dawn or sunset; a white tower, the sky and stones are painted with a deep pink glow. Before us, there are a wall and the steps of the entrance to a church or a palace. The colorful flavor creates a sense of expectation.
Roerich used this technique in many works, approximating and distancing the visible angle, highlighting some details, framing the view and even "displacing" some edifices and natural objects.

"In a slow destruction, the picturesque details of Novgorod and Pskov lose their identity. We could not enumerate all things that perish, but even where we consciously want to defend the antiquity, we get something strange... We are so lazy and incurious that we know little even about the beautiful Pskov, which so close to us... Ancient towers, a market near Detinets, sails and colored masts of trade boats – how all this is beautiful, and so close to the capital. How nice are the old houses with their stylish porches and windows, that are used now for the most banal purposes, such as a furniture warehouse or a storeroom. And how little all this is known to the majority of us, who look bitter because of lack of new experiences".

N. Roerich. A Trip to Ancient Places.