Description of the painting by Hieronymus Bosch “Removing the stone of stupidity”

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1. Description of the painting by Hieronymus Bosch “Self-portrait”Hieronymus Bosch, the son of hereditary artists who came from Germany. Bosch is a pseudonym, which is formed from the name of the city Hertogenbosch (translated as ducal forest). The workshop of his parents was engaged in wall paintings, gilding sculptures, making various church utensils. Jerome’s children’s hobby was dissecting dead animals or fish. After […]...
2. Description of the painting by Hieronymus Bosch “Carrying the Cross”Bosch is one of the masters of the Northern Renaissance, whose style is still difficult for experts to determine. It is said that he was a madman or sectarian. With his paintings, he described the black magic that he was engaged in or witnessed. Or that he was a surrealist, splashing images on canvas directly […]...
3. Description of the painting by Hieronymus Bosch “Haystack”At the time of the decline of the Renaissance and the flourishing of the Inquisition, society was filled with disturbing prejudices and superstitions. The artists who created in these rebellious times, as they could, tried to clarify the view of the world. Hieronymus Bosch writes from 1500 to 1502. large-scale triptych “Haystack”. The central canvas […]...
4. Description of the painting by Hieronymus Bosch “Ship of Fools”Bosch is a gloomy gothic artist of the Epoch of the Northern Renaissance with a head full of amazing and strange thoughts, which were poured onto the canvases with grotesque and demonic images, along with moral tendencies. While the Church was considered the only and unshakable dogma, and the clergymen were representatives of the highest […]...
5. Description of the painting by Hieronymus Bosch “Ascension of the Righteous”The painting “The Ascension of the Righteous” (“Climbing into the Empire”) of the Dutch painter Hieronymus Bosch was painted in oil on a blackboard, probably in 1500-1504. Genre – religious painting. Probably, the “Ascension of the Righteous” was part of the “Blessed and Damned” polyptych. The central picture of the polyptych was “The Last Judgment”, […]...
6. Description of the painting by Hieronymus Bosch “The Temptation of St. Anthony”In his work “The Temptation of St. Anthony” Bosch put his soul. His famous triptych is one of the best paintings of the artist. The basis for writing was the plot of the literature of the Middle Ages about how St. Anthony succumbed to the terrible temptations in the Egyptian desert. The original of the […]...
7. Description of the painting by Hieronymus Bosch “Carts of hay”The legacy of Jerome Bosch is unique. Triptych “Voz sena”, which is five hundred years old, has no analogues in world painting. Written in the style of “Alla Prima” without preliminary sketches and drawing, the picture is aesthetically perfect, allegorical and filled with philosophical depth. The painting consists of three canvases. The left, “The Fall”, […]...
8. Description of the triptych by Hieronymus Bosch “The Last Judgment”Bosch’s “Last Judgment” is one of his most impressive works, as well as one of the most impressive works on this subject in general. It was commissioned by the governor of the Netherlands and is the largest of the remaining works of the Artist. The plot of the triptych is intuitively understandable to anyone who […]...
9. Description of the painting by Hieronymus Bosch “Prodigal Son”The artist Hieronymus Bosch always left riddles and places for reflection in the subjects of his paintings. With the help of a brush, he not only masterfully painted beautiful images, but also put deep allegories into them that are not understandable to every connoisseur of art. The scene of the return of the prodigal son, […]...
10. Description of the painting by Hieronymus Bosch “Magician”The painting “The Magician” by the Flemish painter Hieronymus Bosch, unfortunately, has not survived. Today you can admire only copies of this work. The most accurate of them is the work that is housed in the museum of Saint-Germain-en-Laye. Date of writing the original is also unknown, only allegedly referring to the early work of […]...
11. Description of the painting by Hieronymus Bosch “Seven deadly sins and the last four things”Jerun Anthison van Aken or Hieronymus Bosch. Famous Dutch artist of the Northern Renaissance. 25 paintings and 8 drawings by this painter have survived to this day. The most famous painting is “The Seven Deadly Sins and Four Last Things”. Like Dante Alighieri from the Divine Comedy, who descended into Purgatory and learned all his […]...
12. Description of the painting by Hieronymus Bosch “Holy Hermits”I. Bosch most of his works wrote on the subject of the life of the saints, often used biblical scenes. The artist did not use etudes so popular in his time. Often depicted the creation of a miracle or painful death, such pictures aroused enthusiasm among the people of the Middle Ages. Bosch was attracted […]...
13. Description of the painting by Hieronymus Bosch “Garden of Earthly Delights”This painting is the most famous triptych by the Dutch artist Jerome Bosch. The reproduction is so called due to its central part, which is dedicated to one of the sins – lust. The modern name of the picture was given by researchers. To this time, a clear interpretation of the picture does not exist. […]...
14. Description of the painting by “The Adoration of the Magi” by Hieronymus BoschI. Bosch created several triptychs on biblical themes, one of the latter is the “Adoration of the Magi”. The main part of the work shows the main plot. The Virgin is located in front of the house and shows the baby. Magi imposes gifts to the feet of a woman. The picture shows a moment […]...
15. 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 […]...
16. Description of the painting by Victor Vasnetsov “Stone Age”Victor Vasnetsov in 1884 began work on a series of paintings, which he called the “Stone Age”. The idea of writing such compositions belonged to an archaeologist, Alexei Uvarov, who offered the work to Vasnetsov. As a result, several paintings were created, which the artist combined in a panel. Now they are in the State […]...
17. Description of the painting by Peter Rubens “Stone rolling”Landscape painting by Peter Paul Rubens – the culmination of the development of the 17th century Flemish art. During this period, the foundations were laid of the social consciousness inherent in the emerging New Age, when in the visual arts of Western Europe an active rethinking of earlier views on the relationship between nature and […]...
18. Description of the sculpture by Sergey Konenkov “Stone-Digger”Sergei Timofeevich Konenkov lived a long life – almost a century. Even before the revolution, a young sculptor was called by critics as “Russian Rodin”. In his works, he used wood extensively, treating it in the manner of folk carving. One of the first in Russia began to depict a naked female body in sculpture. […]...
19. Gustave Courbet’s Picture of Stone CrushersThe work of Gustave Courbet “Crushers of stones” tells about the deep poverty that can only meet on the way out of town. The artist himself said that he was returning from a trip when he saw these two. Only adversity can make a person do this. Being a lover of the most unexpected way […]...
20. Description of the painting by Rembrandt Harmens van Rijn “Landscape with a stone bridge”“Landscape with a stone bridge” – a picture that contains in itself all the features of the style of the author. The contrast of colors, the combination of light and darkness in such a way that the light seemed even more natural, and the darkness – deeper and all-consuming, the description of the plot, characteristic […]...
21. Description of the painting by Alexei Savrasov “Stone in the forest at the spill”“The stone in the forest at the spill” is an early work by AK Savrasov. Despite the lack of experience, the picture is recognizable, the artist already in the early works used his individual style. The picture is bright and catchy. The canvas depicts a huge stone, very unusual and rare large size. Such a […]...
22. Description of the painting by Pablo Picasso “Girl throwing a stone”The great artist with many writing styles did not try to write in his works within the established framework of the standard, putting all the details on the shelves. At each creative stage of the artist, in the period of his formation as a surrealist, there was a Muse who inspired to create new interesting […]...
23. Description of the painting by Kazimir Malevich “Black Circle”The painting was created by Malevich in 1923. We see just a big black circle, which is depicted on a square in white. Composition, at first glance, the most primitive. But it has a deep, almost philosophical meaning. The value of this work is incredibly great, not only for understanding the meaning of Malevich’s work, […]...
24. Description of Peter Bruegel’s The Fall of the AngelsBruegel created this canvas under the influence of another artist Bosch. In fact, a little parodied it. As you know, Bosch frightened everything – his faces were ugly, the monsters were scary, everything was somehow creepy. Bruegel created exactly the same creepy representation on the canvas. Only here is an old story, more precisely the […]...
25. Description paintings Vasily Vereshchagin “triumphant”Middle Asia. Ancient Samarkand, Registan Square. Now it is a national treasure, but on the canvas it’s just a square where people have always flown to learn something new, or to celebrate an event. On the canvas of the Russian artist Vereshchagin is just a celebration associated with the victory over the enemy. It really […]...
26. Description of the painting by Sandro Botticelli “Hell”One of the most famous works of Alessandro Botticelli was written by the author at the peak of fame in 1480. The picture has a more complete name, namely “The Abyss of Hell” and is one of the illustrations of Dante’s The Divine Comedy. The history of writing a picture is quite interesting and remarkable. […]...
27. Description of the painting by Wassily Kandinsky “A few circles”The painting “Several circles” was written in 1926. Materials for writing the work served as oil and canvas. The size of the canvas is 140×140 cm. Currently, the picture is in New York, in the Guggenheim Museum. Of course, this work belongs to the genre of abstract art, the most prominent representative of which was […]...
28. Description of the painting by Wassily Kandinsky “Gravity”Catherine “Gravity” Vasily V. Kandinsky wrote in 1935. On a dark background, the artist depicted a composition of clear lines, circles and squares. The center of the canvas, he marked a kind of axis from one horizontal line and several vertical ones. In the upper left corner of the canvas, he placed a square, marked […]...
29. Description of the painting by Peter Bruegel “Big fish eat small”The Dutch master of graphics and drawing, Peter Bruegel the elder, known under the nickname “The Peasant”, produced one of his first sheets “Big Fish Eating Small” in 1557 from drawings and was signed by the name of Bosch, who had already passed away by that time. Bosch’s work amazed and impressed Bruegel, and fake […]...
30. Description of the painting by Rembrandt “Faust”One of the most talented and gifted artists Rembrandt wrote a real masterpiece called “Faust”. This picture has a deep meaning in which philosophical thoughts and feelings are hidden. A man appears before the viewer, apparently a scientist. This is evidenced by the objects depicted in the picture – a pencil, through which he records […]...
31. Description of the painting by Henri Matisse “Red fish”Matisse is a famous French artist, the leader of the Fauvist movement, which lasted only twenty years, but left a peculiar mark on history, Fauvism is related to impressionism and brings it to an extreme point, in which the form stops playing and its emotion and color begins to play. Fauvism is extremely simple, not […]...
32. Description of the painting by Alexey Korzukhin “Hen party”Have you ever been to a Russian hen party? But not on the one that is being carried out now, but on the one that many years ago in Russian families are held before the bride’s wires. This is a special ritual, special chants and special dances. As a rule, the ritualists were the tone […]...
33. Description of the painting by Georges Seurat “Rainbow”Georges Seurat was sure that the color is easily manageable, which we see in his works. On the canvas called “Rainbow”, was used quite an interesting method. Seurat made one device that resembled a circle, the artist applied all 7 colors of the rainbow on it, which were interconnected in semitones, intervals between the primary […]...
34. Description of the painting by Pavel Fedotov “Walk”The famous painter of the nineteenth century, the ancestor of critical realism, Pavel Andreevich Fedotov was fond of drawing from early childhood, but did not consider his passion to be a talent, did not see himself as an artist. He served, like many nobles, in St. Petersburg, besides drawing, was fond of other forms of […]...
35. Description of the painting by Jean-Auguste Ingres “Turkish bath”Engrou was seventy-nine years old when he began work on this picture and eighty-two when he finished it. She sums it up – having devoted all his life to work and research in the nude genre (that is, in the nude genre), he finds his meaning, his Grail, and embodies the best that he has […]...
36. Description of the painting by Gustav Dore “Dante and Vergelii on the ice of Lake Kocid”Gustave Dore, the famous French painter 19ivek. The delight of the 15th century poem by Dante was so great that Dore decided to illustrate the work. His work on Dante, Gustave reproduced in the period from 1861-1868. He is the only one of the artists who decided to take on the illustration of such a […]...
37. Description of the painting by Leonardo da Vinci “Vitruvian Man”The picture of the Vitruvian Man is a work that was created by Leonardo da Vinci in the years 1490-92 as an illustration for a book. The book itself was devoted to the works of Vitruvius, and the illustration by Da Vinci was placed in her diary. The figure clearly shows the image of a […]...
38. Description of the painting by Peter Bruegel “Mad Greta”One of the most terrible pictures of Bruegel. The horror of this picture can be somewhat explained by the incomprehensibility of this canvas and all the events taking place on it. If we consider the picture “Mad Greta” from the side of emotional perception, then in its expressiveness it surpasses even Bosch’s phantasmagoric images and […]...
39. Description of the painting by Boris Kustodiev “Blue House”The canvas was written in 1920. A home for an artist is not just an architectural structure that needs to be completed, while maintaining the proportions of the clarity of the lines – this is life itself, spouting from all doors and windows. Here and in the picture Kustodiev “Blue House” all the same. A […]...
40. Description of the painting by Nicholas Roerich “Idols”Since 1900, Nicholas Roerich has been working on a conceived series of paintings on the “Slavic” theme. The artist was then in Paris, but still managed to embody the images of the ancient Russian life that inspired him. As a traveler, he visited the excavation site. In the Tsarskoye Selo district mounds were found where, […]...