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1. Description of Eugene Delacroix’s painting The Death of OpheliaThe picture is based on an episode from the tragedy of William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet”. Eugene Delacroix was always interested in the secrets of the soul. Depicting Ophelia, who is in a state of semi-delirium, he tries to comprehend the human essence. Like many romantics, Delacroix believed that it was in a state of insanity or […]...
2. Description of the painting by Eugene Delacroix “Lion Hunt in Morocco”His picture “The hunt for lions in Morocco” Delacroix wrote in 1854, according to the memoirs of twenty years ago on a trip to East Africa. The style of painting, the emotional tension of the captured scene of preparation for the battle with the beast of two hunters is quite typical for Delacroix, but it […]...
3. Description of the painting by Eugene Delacroix “Dante and Virgil”Eugene Delacroix is rightfully considered the founder of French Romanticism. Most of his works are intense epic scenes, made in rich contrasting colors, not characteristic of neoclassicism that still dominates in France at the beginning of the 19th century. The origin of Eugene Delacroix is still shrouded in mystery, according to one version, he is […]...
4. Description of the painting by Eugene Delacroix “Chopin”The unfinished portrait of Frédéric Chopin was painted by the French painter Eugene Delacroix in 1838. This portrait is not the most crucial role in the artist, but at the same time is very interesting for many reasons. Firstly, this portrait was created by the author not for an order, but solely for personal reasons. […]...
5. Eugene Delacroix painting “Self-portrait”Eugene Delacroix is a French painter and graphic artist. It is he who is considered the founder of the romantic trend in European painting. His coloristic research had a significant impact on the formation of impressionism. Eugene Delacroix studied art skills from old masters in the Louvre. He was inspired by the art of English […]...
6. Description of the painting by Eugene Delacroix “George Sand”Before us is a fragment of a once whole picture depicting George Sand and Frederic Chopin. He met the French writer Delacroix at the end of 1833, and the result of this meeting was a long friendship not without a hint of mutual sympathy. The artist liked the independence of the woman, her resistance to […]...
7. Description of the painting by Eugene Delacroix “Medea”The plot is taken by the artist from the famous tragedy of the ancient Greek writer Euripides “Medea”. ” The image of Medea is known to us from ancient Greek myths and legends. The passionate and strong-willed Queen Medea was the keeper of the Golden Fleece, a symbol of luxury and power. Jason, drawn by […]...
8. Description of the painting by Eugene Delacroix “Rook Dante”Delacroix borrowed the plot for his famous “Rook” from the legendary “Divine Comedy”. Thanks to this work, the artist was marked by the first great achievement in his 24 years. The very name of the canvas already contains a reference to the symbolism of the written image. After all, even the ancient ancestors of the […]...
9. Description of the painting by Eugene Delacroix “Algerian women”The painting “Algerian women” (often “Algerian women in their chambers”) was painted by Eugene Delacroix in 1834 and later served as an inspiration for Picasso, Matisse and Renoir. The artist was greatly impressed by the harem that he saw in Algeria during his trip to North Africa. Being a guest of one sultan, Delacroix was […]...
10. Description of the painting by Eugene Delacroix “Portrait of Paganini”A great musician who knew how to handle his instrument perfectly. They even said that he was associated with the devil, because no one knew how to play the violin, as he did. It was the case that he even managed to play on one string. All because all the strings for the concert burst, […]...
11. Description of the painting by Eugene Delacroix “The Massacre at Chios”The Delacroix picture reflects one of the tragic episodes in the history of Greece. One day in September 1821, Turkish troops invaded the island of Chios, in the Aegean Sea. In retaliation for the fact that the local population reacted with sympathy to the events of the people’s liberation struggle of the Greek people against […]...
12. Description of the painting by Gustav Klimt “Death and Life”The famous Austrian artist – the ancestor of the modern in the life of Austria. The main themes of his paintings – a beautiful female body. In this regard, the bulk of his work is imbued with frank erotic scenes. At an early age, Gustav showed a craving for painting. In his student years, Gustav, […]...
13. Description of the painting by Eugene Delacroix “Moroccan saddling a horse”Eugene Delacroix refers to the flow of the French romantics. Adherence to this direction is reflected in the painting “Moroccan, saddling a horse.” The artist conveys the smallest details of the scene with stunning accuracy. We see the folds on the clothes of a Moroccan, every wrinkle on his face. The plot of the canvas […]...
14. Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “The Death of Pompeii”Once upon a time there was a beautiful settlement – Pompeii – which was destined once to disappear from the face of the earth, to be buried under the ashes of Vesuvius. We are familiar with this story mainly due to its picturesque embodiment on the canvases of Karl Bryullov. The artist depicted people locked […]...
15. Description of the painting by Eugene Delacroix “Freedom leading people” (Freedom on the barricades)Later, the picture of Eugene Delacroix, written by him in 1830, began to be called “Freedom on the barricades”, but initially it was called “Freedom leading people”. Sometimes there was a mistaken view that the canvas was created under the influence of the French Revolution, however, in fact, Delacroix dedicated the plot to the events […]...
16. Description of the the sculpture “Kiss of Death”“The Kiss of Death” – a sculpture made on the tombstone of the untimely deceased young son of the Soler family evokes ambivalent feelings. On the one hand, I want to escape from the sinister figure, on the other – to look at least one eye. Authorship is not certain, but it does not interfere […]...
17. Description of the painting by Zinaida Serebryakova “Portrait of Eugene”Zinaida Serebryakova was born in the village of Neskuchny of the Kharkov province in a family of famous architects and artists Lensere-Benoit. The girl inherited a bright creative talent of the family and after graduating from the gymnasium, she goes on an internship to Italy, studying painting at the Academy in Paris. In 1905, Zinaida […]...
18. Description of the painting by Eugene Shirokov “Friends”The main characters of the work “Friends” are a boy and a dog. The boy is dressed in home clothes and gently strokes his pet. It is evident that the four-legged friend is devoted to his master, she looks at him, understands, but cannot say anything. The dog’s constricted ear speaks of its concentration, it […]...
19. Description of the painting by Peter Bruegel “The Triumph of Death”Peter Bruegel’s painting “The Triumph of Death” is unusually grim. It depicts the triumph of death that reigns in everything. One feels the truly global end of all mankind, although here, unlike the artist’s earlier paintings, there is no devilry. Suddenly it happened that the laws were interrupted, and a certain border between the kingdom […]...
20. Description of the painting by Hieronymus Bosch “Death and the miser”This painting was created by an artist from the Netherlands. She has a fairly straightforward name “Death of a Miser.” The main feature of the image is the style of placement of the image in space. The picture is strongly elongated vertically, which creates the impression of an altar pattern. Fits and themes. As for […]...
21. Description of the painting by Konstantin Somov “Harlequin and death”The son of an art historian and the keeper of the Hermitage collections, has absorbed all the subtleties of writing since childhood and formed his own individual style. In his youth he lived in Russia, and later moved to France. In many of his works, the artist refers to the painting of Watteau, which reflected […]...
22. Description of the painting by Eugene Antipova “Roses”Antipova – a Soviet artist who worked in the style of realism and preferred portraits and still lifes from the genres – she liked to display the surrounding reality as fully and truthfully as possible. Roses “- one of her floral paintings, which concluded the whole summer. Specifically, this picture depicts a bouquet of flowers […]...
23. Description of the painting by Nicolas Poussin “Death of Germanicus”Nicolas Poussin with his work shows us the last minutes of Germanicus – the Roman commander and future emperor. As the son of Tiberius, he had a high influence, as well as all the possibilities, to soon change his father. However, unexpectedly for all of his disease mows down. On the main background, we see […]...
24. Description of the painting by Pablo Picasso “Death of a bullfighter”Corrida has been Pablo Picasso’s favorite spectacle since childhood. He regularly came to the arena, where he saw not only the victory of the bullfighter, but also their utter defeat. The artist many times depicted bullfighting in his paintings, but the most popular of them was “The Death of the Bullfighter”, written in the style […]...
25. Description of the painting by Horace Vernet’s “Angel of Death”Emile Jean-Horace Vernet was born in Paris in 1789. His father and grandfather were famous masters of painting in France, whose talent was also inherited by Horace. Following the example of his father, Vernet becomes a diplomat and all his life he enters the circle of high-ranking and influential people, taking advantage of the favor […]...
26. Description of the painting by Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin “Death of the Commissioner”The artwork “Death of the Commissioner” took the first place in the Russian painting process of Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin. This creature contributed to an important picture with the plot “After the battle.” One of the leading for the artist was the content of life, sacrifice and death, which are clearly revealed in his masterpiece. More in […]...
27. Albrecht Dürer’s engraving description “The Knight, Death and the Devil”“The Knight, Death and the Devil” – a medieval engraving of Durer, depicting a Christian knight, passing through a narrow gorge. His horse stands proudly, carries the rider with dignity and ease, despite the fact that the knight is chained in armor. A dog runs under the horse’s hooves, trying to keep up, the knight […]...
28. Description of the painting by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio “Death of Mary”One of the paintings by Caravaggio, commissioned by the church, but rejected because of unconventional revolutionism – “The Death of Mary.” Created an amazing canvas was by 1606. It was a period of late, mature creativity of the painter. And in the picture, all the techniques acquired by Caravaggio during the years of artistic work […]...
29. Description of the painting by Jacques Louis David “Death of Marat”One of the masterpieces of world painting today is the painting The Death of Marat (1793), painted by the famous French painter Jacques Louis David. Marat was a very good friend of the artist and one of the toughest and fanatical leaders of the bloody revolutionary events in France. He was killed by the decisive […]...
30. Description of the painting by Karl Bryullov “Death of Inessa de Castro”In 1841, Karl Bryullov created one of his most famous paintings, The Death of Inessa de Castro. The work is a typical representative of the style of romanticism. The canvas is made on canvas with oil. The plot is based on real historical events. The main heroine of the picture is a young woman, a […]...
31. Description of “Tavromachy” by Francisco Goya Etching No 33: The tragic death of Pepe Ilho in the arena of Madrid“Tavromachia” was published by Francisco Goya in 1816. This is a series of 33 etchings that describes the feats of a bullfighter in the bullfight arena from antiquity to the time of publication. The entire collection of drawings is depicted in black and white. Each sheet depicts a separate scene of bullfighting and is devoted […]...
32. Description of the monument to the water carrier in St. PetersburgThis is a very famous monument, which stands in St. Petersburg next to the tower on the set of water. The monument itself was installed in 2003. The tower is much older, as it has been here since 1863. It is considered a monument that belongs to the industrial architecture of the 19th century. The […]...
33. Description of the painting by Konstantin Gorbatov “Novgorod”In the picture K. I. Gorbatov “Novgorod” depicts a view of the city from the river. In the foreground are many white-sailed boats. There are a lot of people in boats. Most likely, these are merchants who go to serve in the church. They all sail to the pier of the glorious great city of […]...
34. Description of the painting by Konstantin Gorbatov “Invisible City of Kitezh”For the basis of the idea, Konstantin Gorbatov took the myth of the ancient city called Kitezh. According to the stories, hail – small Kitezh was built on the banks of the Volga River. The founder was Prince Vladimir. Soon, a lake Svetloyar was discovered near the city and a hail of Great Kitezh was […]...
35. Description of the painting by Nicholas Roerich “Purest City – bitterness to the enemies”The work “Purest Hail to the enemies of bitterness” is included in the large collection of paintings that Roerich dedicated to the upcoming war. This work was written in 1912. There was tension all over the world. The world powers were in conflict. Nicholas Roerich did not see anything good in the impending war. He […]...
36. Description of the painting by Konstantin Yuon “Winter. Rostov VelikyKF Yuon is a bright representative of impressionism, he was very fond of the city of Rostov-on-Don and often painted it. The painting was painted in 1906. Difficult times for Russia, revolutionary ideas spread among the population and attempts to implement these ideas were made constantly. The artist displayed the power of the Russian city, […]...
37. Description of the monument to cucumber in LukhovitsyOriginality of thinking was appreciated at all times. Even in ancient times, rulers are seekers of those people who might surprise them. Whether acting or good building and unique skills. Times have changed, but we still love to look at those things that look unusual. After all, we are so accustomed to everyday objects in […]...
38. Description of the monument to dumplings in IzhevskA funny sculpture was installed in Izhevsk on the Regional Street on October 28, 2004. Such a monument appeared after the results of the competition “Modern urban sculpture” were summed up. This competitive holiday was held under the leadership of the Archeopteryx group and the Creative Dacha gallery. The winner was identified sculptor Alexei Shklyaev. […]...
39. Description of the painting by Vasily Kandinsky “Moscow. The Red Square”Vasily Vasilyevich Kandinsky loved Moscow very much. He said that Moscow is a complex and mobile city. He called it a confusion, where events, destinies and people intertwine. But at the same time for him Moscow is the most beautiful city on the planet Earth. It is therefore not surprising that his source of inspiration […]...
40. Description of the painting by Alexei Bogolyubov “Petersburg at sunset”Petersburg is a city that was fully thought out by Russian emperor Peter the Great. Yes, this is his brainchild. He had to come up with such a city precisely because he needed a Ford post from the European powers, who were impatient to take possession of the border lands of Russia. First, the city […]...