Description of the painting by Albrecht Durer “Portrait of a young man”

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1. Description of the painting by Albrecht Durer “Father Albrecht Dürer (Portrait of Father)”German artist Albrecht Dürer is considered one of the most prominent representatives of the European Renaissance. His talent was very multifaceted – so, in addition to painting, Durer was fond of woodcuts, and became the first who elevated it to the rank of art. After the marriage, he opened his own workshop, at which the […]...
2. Description of the painting by Albrecht Durer “Self-portrait in 13 years”Albrecht Durer was one of the first artists of the West, who throughout his life created self-portraits. Thanks to a series of such paintings, one can trace changes in the artistic style of Dürer in a progression. The artist created the first engraving in 1484 – this is the painting “Self-portrait at the age of […]...
3. Description of the painting by Albrecht Durer “Portrait of Maximilian I”A. Dürer was born in a large family and his path to recognition was thorny. He married the artist mainly for the notion of his social status, for a long time his income was the sale of engravings. In adulthood, the artist acquired a patron, who became Maximilian I. Under his control, the author worked […]...
4. Description of the painting by Albrecht Durer “Portrait of a Venetian”O this wonderful face of a simple naive Venetian! For a long time in Europe it was believed that there are no more beautiful girls in the world than true Venetians. The city of love and sin has always been famous for its female beauty, even the old women looked noble and beautiful there, what […]...
5. Description of the painting by Albrecht Durer “Barbara Durer”How beautiful and almost primitive portrait painting of the Middle Ages. It seems to be nothing so pretentious, normal serious faces or funny or slightly distorted by emotions. In this case, the mother of the artist Barbara Dürer is sitting in front of us. About the family of the artist, we can say that it […]...
6. Description of the painting by Albrecht Durer “A piece of sod”Albrecht Dürer was considered a real researcher of flora and fauna, as well as a passionate admirer of the theory of Renaissance art. Paintings always enthusiastically described his life, all aspects of family life. All this was described in his diary, which was devoted to traveling to Holland. Dürer was born in Nuremberg, Germany. The […]...
7. Description of the engraving of Albrecht Durer “Rhino”The engraving is made on wood. It was this image that had a tremendous impact on art. Until the 18th century, this image was used in all textbooks on biology. Durer was able to draw a rhino, but he never saw him live. At this time in Europe it was believed that this animal exists […]...
8. Description of the painting by Albrecht Durer “Self-portrait in the image of Christ”“Self-portrait” (another name of the painting “Self-portrait in clothes decorated with fur”) is one of the famous paintings of the artist, which was kept for a long time in his family and not intended for the general public. On the self-portrait, we still see a fairly young man with a beautiful face (the artist was […]...
9. Description of the painting by Albrecht Durer “Hands praying”The history of this picture is amazing. This is not just a sketch of the hands, there is something more behind this image. Albrecht Durer captured on this engraving the hands of his brother, thanks to which the name of the artist is now known throughout the world. Sometime at the very beginning of a […]...
10. Description of the engraving of Albrecht Durer “Melancholy”The picture is a cutting engraving, the base of which is made of copper. Its author is the German artist Albrecht Dürer, who finished work on his creation in 1514. During the artist’s life, melancholic was decided to be divided into several types. Dürer himself referred to the first type. “Melancholy” art critics believe the […]...
11. Description of the painting by Albrecht Durer “Holiday Rosary”Here is the most recognizable work of Albrecht Dürer, on which the artist worked for several years in Italy. The Church of Santo Bartolome for German parishioners living in Italy ordered this pictorial work from the superpopular Dürer at that time. In private correspondence with his acquaintance, Dürer wrote about the trend towards the use […]...
12. Description of the painting by Albrecht Durer “The Adoration of the Holy Trinity” (1511g.)One of the most solemn works of Durer is “The Adoration of the Holy Trinity”. In 1511, the painting was ordered by the artist merchant and owner of the copper workshop Matthias Landauer. The artist’s work was intended for the altar of the chapel in the poorhouse for 12 lone artisans, which was built by […]...
13. Description of the painting by “The Adoration of the Magi” by Albrecht DurerIn the Uffizi Art Museum in Florence, Italy, Albrecht Dürer’s religious painting is exhibited – “Adoration of the Magi”. The German master wrote the work to order to the electoral prince of Saxony, Friedrich the Wise, for his Catholic church in Wittenberg. Today, the picture is recognized as one of the most valuable fruits of […]...
14. Description of the painting by Albrecht Durer “St. Jerome in the cell”Albrecht Durer – the great German artist of the Renaissance. The orientation in which the painter worked was filled with expressiveness and a desire for realism. The moments of the artist’s activities included a collection of “three workshops engravings” on a religious theme. One of them was the painting “St. Jerome”, it was created in […]...
15. Description of the painting by Albrecht Durer “Mary with the Child”In a series of his extraordinary portraits made during the decade (from 1510 to 1520), Dürer managed to bring together all the best qualities of a person. For many years he painted and studied human personalities in order to learn how to convey them as accurately as possible in his works. After a long search […]...
16. Description of the painting by Albrecht Durer “Hare”One of the most famous works of German artist Albrecht Dürer. Despite the fact that the master has many more remarkable works, such as a deer with prominent horns, or a dead bird with a rainbow plumage. The story of painting a picture has several versions. According to one of them, once strolling, Dürer stumbled […]...
17. Description of the painting by Albrecht Durer “Prodigal Son”The engraving is one of the variations of the parable about a man who has spent his father’s money and found himself in poverty. The history of this work goes back to the distant 1495, when Sebastian Brant published a poem on the subject of the Gospel parable. After that, the artist Albrecht Durer was […]...
18. Description of the painting by Albrecht Durer “Four Witches”About this picture it is possible to say with confidence that it is one of the most popular in the work of Dürer. The engraving is called “The Four Witches”, and now we will examine in detail why this is what the art historians call it. The engraving depicts a small and dark room that […]...
19. Description of the engraving of Albrecht Dürer “The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse”Apocalypse is the world-famous cycle of wood engravings by Albrecht Dürer on a religious theme. The series, made by the German artist in the three-year period from 1496, consists of 15 works depicting the biblical revelation of the final judgment. Prints were published twice. And the most famous is the “Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.” […]...
20. Description of the painting by Albrecht Durer “Adam and Eve”What do you know about medieval painting? Of course, many skilled craftsmen were addicted to it in these times. Here is one of the most interesting paintings by Durer “Adam and Eve” has a lot of fans from around the world. So, probably, it is worth getting acquainted with this work of art a little […]...
21. 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 […]...
22. Description of the painting by Giorgione “Portrait of a Young Man”Full of unsolved mysteries, a picture of Barbarelli da Castelfranco Giorgione “Portrait of a Young Man” is not at all like typical portraits of the Renaissance. A characteristic feature of portraiture of the Renaissance is, above all, the direct gaze of the person portrayed to the viewer, the emergence of a sense of “pursuit” of […]...
23. Description of the painting by Albrecht Durer “Four Apostles”The painting “The Four Apostles” depicts the apostles-evangelists. From left to right stand John, Peter, Mark and Paul, standing very closely, on one floor, representing a single whole. Uniform both in composition and in aspirations. However, if we compare the apostles with each other, they are completely different. John is tall, with a high forehead […]...
24. Description of the painting by Raphael Santi “Portrait of a young man”Rafael Santi’s portrait work for obvious reasons has been largely lost, but especially valuable specimens, such as the portrait of a young man, remain under the strict supervision of the world artistic community, as they represent exceptional artistic value. The fundamental difference in his work after meeting with Leonardo da Vinci is felt in most […]...
25. Description of the painting by Sandro Botticelli “Portrait of a young man”The painting “Portrait of a Young Man” was made by Sandro Botticelli with tempera and oil paints on a tree approximately in 1483. Genre – portrait. The full-face portrait depicts a young youth with a pleasant, dreamy face, large, expressive brown eyes. Direct and open look attracts attention. There is not a shadow of doubt, […]...
26. Description of the painting by Sandro Botticelli “Portrait of a young woman”In the years of his life, Sandro Botticelli was a famous artist who was often approached with orders from portraits. One of those who wanted to order a portrait was Simonetta, one of the most beautiful women of the Renaissance. “Portrait of a young woman” 1476-1480 is considered one of the best portraits of the […]...
27. Description of the painting by Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn “Portrait of a young man”Portrait of a young man, written by Rembrandt, conveys the image of a young guy. The picture is written in dark brown shades. Thanks to the unique technology of painting, the texture of the fabric is perfectly conveyed, every fastener on the young man’s dress, every seam is spelled out to the smallest detail. A […]...
28. Description of the painting by Orest Kiprensky “Young gardener”Orest Adamovich Kiprensky is a debutant of romantic explorations of Russian painting and a great portrait painter. Constantly in the creative search, he dreamed of writing large-scale works based on historical and mythical stories. His technique and style was compared with Rubens, sometimes even taking the work of Kiprensky himself for the works of a […]...
29. Description of the painting by Veccio Titian “The young man with a glove”The first artistic experiences of Titian associated with the creation of religious compositions. Such works as “Dinarius of Caesar”, “Position in the tomb” (both paintings were completed by the 1520s) are a vivid example. In parallel, in the 1510s, Titian turned to the portrait genre, in order then, over the next four decades, to create […]...
30. Description of the painting by Konstantin Somov “Sleeping young woman in the park”Somov is a Russian artist of the late 19th century, who preferred portraits and landscapes. He usually worked in the style of “modern”, which is characterized by attention to detail, the absence of sharp straight lines in favor of naturalness and smoothness, as well as the desire to bring art into all spheres of human […]...
31. Description of the painting by Ivan Firsov “Young Painter”At the time of the writing of the “Young Painter”, the name of Ivan Firsov was almost unknown. It is so unknown that in order to sell this picture a certain trader skillfully wrote over the author’s signature the sufficiently famous name of Anton Losenko. Fortunately, it was precisely the fact that the brush belonged […]...
32. Description of the painting by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio “A young man with a basket of fruit”Michelangelo Caravaggio – an artist with Italian roots, educated in Milan. His famous painting “A Young Man with a Basket of Fruits” is his early work. He wrote to her in 1593. Interestingly, Caravaggio loved to portray both the everyday life of people and biblical events. “A young man with a basket of fruit” is […]...
33. Description of the painting by Leon (Lev) Bakst “Young Booth”Leon Bakst created a sketch of the costume “A Young Beetian” for N. N. Cherepnin’s ballet performance “Narcissus” in 1911. The work was done in pencil and watercolor on paper. In the dance movement, a young dancer bursts into the canvas, filling the whole space with his energy and with his energy. Flexible lines, soft […]...
34. Description of the painting by Salvador Dali “Young Women”The painting “Young Women” by artist Salvador Dali is very original and, given the general style of the author’s work, allegorically. Three objects are depicted on the canvas: on the right – a pot of pale blue – a grayish flower; Forms of girls are pretty massive, if not exaggerated. Moreover, so much so that […]...
35. Description of the painting by Gregory Myasoedov “Congratulations of the young in the house of the landowner”The work of the great Russian artist is distinguished by colorful, the presence of several images, each of which has its own peculiarity and originality. In fact, Myasoedov, wrote a picture that describes the lifestyle of the landlords. The events date from the era of serfdom in Russia and show the ordinary life of landlords. […]...
36. Description of the painting by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio “A young man with a lute”Caravaggio’s painting “Lute” or “A Young Man with a Lute” is a vivid exhibit of the Hermitage. But the picture is also presented in several museums of the world, for example, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York. And experts still do not agree on which of the works is the original, and […]...
37. Description of the painting by Pavel Fedotov “Self-portrait”It is known that the great Russian artist, Pavel Fedotov, has many works that have become masterpieces in which he painted himself. Each self-portrait of Fedotov is different from the other, because on one canvas the artist wrote about his youth, the other self-portrait contains a picture of a young officer who was awarded an […]...
38. Description of the painting by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio “John the Baptist” (A young man with a ram)Caravaggio – Italian Renaissance artist, one of the greatest masters of Baroque. Like most fans of this style preferred the abundance of details asceticism, and the brightness and richness of colors of pallor. Of all the themes, the most loved were mythical and religious motifs. His “John the Baptist” is a picture, which is also […]...
39. Description of the painting by Alexander Ivanov “Self-portrait”The painting “Self-portrait” is one of the most popular works in the works of A. I. Ivanov. It is different from most paintings by the artist. The work was written before the trip to Germany, this event forever changed the life and worldview of the creator. He came from Europe he is a completely different […]...
40. Description of the painting by Viktor Vasnetsov “Self-portrait”Vasnetsov created his first “Self-portrait” in 1873. The master of the brush was very serious about writing any portrait image, he was sure that there was no need to invent anything in the portrait, you just need to fully see the person. So he created a self-portrait in his vision of himself. The canvas was […]...