Description of the sculptural composition of Francois Auguste Rodin “Gates of Hell”

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1. Description of the sculpture by Francois Auguste Rodin “The Thinker”The “Thinker” is the pinnacle of the creative work of the French sculptor of the second half of the 19th century, Auguste Rodin. Initially, the author called the statue “The Poet”, implying the creator of the Divine Comedy Dante Alighieri. The work was made to order by the Museum of Decorative Arts for two years […]...
2. Description of the sculpture by Francois Auguste Rodin “Citizens of Kale”From the middle of the nineteenth century, a conversation was held in Calais to keep the memory of great people for many years. For this it was necessary to create a monument in which you can see the feelings of the French: and discomfort due to surrender, and the worship of the heroic dedication of […]...
3. Description of the sculpture by Francois Auguste Rodin “Eternal Spring”Imagery and symbolism, perhaps, this is the basis of the sculptural group “Eternal Spring” by Auguste Rene, a French sculptor, whose heyday came in the late 19th century. The rhythm of life, the foundations of society, changed, and the artist felt impending changes before others. His art is original and innovative. “Eternal Spring” – represents […]...
4. Description of the sculpture by Francois Rodin “Danaid”Artists are often not always accepted by ordinary people. After all, for the most part, everyone who is not related to creativity, does not have a certain mindset, can not understand very many paintings by artists, sculptures and other works. One of the famous cultural figures was Rodin. He was born in the middle of […]...
5. Description of the sculpture by Francois Auguste Rodin “Kiss”Kiss… alluring, intoxicating, gentle, long-awaited. There are plenty of epithets for him. Since the time of Plato, people have been puzzled by the question of why lovers like to kiss so much. There is something sacred in the action itself, it was precisely this mystery and unstoppable passion that Rene Francois Roden managed to convey […]...
6. Description paintings Alexei Savrasov “At the gates of the monastery”Alexey Kondratievich Savrasov’s painting is unique in that it is an amazing play of light and shadow. The painting “At the Monastery Gates” is included in the famous rainbow cycle of the artist’s paintings, even though its significance is shaded – we see a rainbow somewhere behind the trees, more often in the forest. The […]...
7. Description of the icon by Andrei Rublev “The Descent into Hell”According to the biblical commandments, after his death, Jesus went to hell and smashed the gates that held everyone who was there. He came there to allow the prisoners there to rise with him. After all, according to the canons, hell is evil, and not only the souls of sinners, but also some of the […]...
8. Description of the painting by Kazimir Malevich “Composition with Jockonda”The painter tried to create Suprematism from several similar works. One of the proofs of this is his famous painting “Composition with Gioconda”. Here we see a white space that looks more like a plane that has an incomprehensible depth, some geometric shapes that have regular features and bases, as well as a local color. […]...
9. Description of the painting by Kazimir Malevich “Suprematic composition”This picture is a blue rectangle, located on top of the red color of the beam. The composition was written by Malevich in 1916. This is one of the rarest and most expensive works in the history of Russian art. Thanks to his paintings, Malevich had a powerful influence on the ideology of art throughout […]...
10. Description of the painting by Jean-Francois Millet “Collector ears”The painting “Collector of Ears” was painted in 1857 and is currently in the Paris museum of Orsay. Materials for the creation of the work served as oil and canvas. The dimensions of the canvas are 84 by 111 cm. In the picture we see a group of women working in the field. Warm, dull […]...
11. 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. […]...
12. Description of the icon of Dionysius “Descent to Hell”Dionysius is one of the founders of church painting. He lived and worked the artist in Moscow. Together with his students, he participated in the painting of walls and domes of church institutions, the image of icons and the design of iconostasis. For a long time, the master headed an art artel consisting of clergymen. […]...
13. Description of the painting by Pierre Auguste Renoir “Girls at the piano”At the moment, one of the sketches of the painting is in the St. Petersburg Hermitage. The history of its creation is somewhat different from the usual works of Pierre Auguste Renoir. It all started in 1891, when Henri Rougeon, director of the Department of Fine Arts in France, turned to the artist with a […]...
14. Description of the painting by Wassily Kandinsky “Composition VII”The founder of abstractionism Vasily Vasilyevich Kandinsky began to seriously engage in painting at the age of thirty, leaving for the sake of this a brilliant legal career. He studied in Europe with the venerable teachers of painting, seeking to take the knowledge from them to the maximum, but he already had his own recognizable […]...
15. Description of the painting by Pierre Auguste Renoir “Swing”Painting “Swing” dated 1876 year. The work of art belongs to the famous French master Pierre-Auguste Renoir. The picture has a size of 92×73 cm, and with a frame 111×92 cm. In 1877, the canvas was presented at the 3rd exhibition of the Impressionists. From the same year, the painting found its place in the […]...
16. Description composition Vladimir Tatlin “kontrellef”Since 1913, Vladimir Tatlin has made his first revolutionary attempts to create sketches at the junction of two related fields of art: sculpture and painting. The result of artistic experiments became “counter-reliefs”. Finished pictorial constructions in their appearance signified for the designer a new sharp turn in creative activity. Previously, he was engaged in figurative […]...
17. Description of the painting by Peter Mondrian “Composition with red, yellow and blue”One of the major ideologues of abstractionism. From realistic landscapes, the artist gradually moved to geometric abstraction. Mondrian initially tried to use monochromatic color gamut in his paintings. He believed that only such a method would be able to objectively convey the harmonious fundamental principle of everything. It is noteworthy that in addition to directly […]...
18. Description of the painting by Pierre Auguste Renoir “In the meadow”Auguste Renoir was among the most important artists of French impressionism. He wrote a lot of social life in Paris: its crowded cafes, magnificent theaters and such a diverse human mass. Not less attracted the painter’s heart far from urban buildings nature. Spring and summer, rapid flowering and raznotsvete, overgrown grass spaces and branched trees… […]...
19. Description of the painting by Salvador Dali “A soft composition with boiled beans: a premonition of civil war”The painting entitled “Soft composition with boiled beans: a premonition of the civil war” was painted by world-famous Spanish artist Salvador Dali on the eve of the beginning of the Spanish Civil War, that is, in 1936 and, in essence, was a kind of reaction to in the country in these years. Being a supporter […]...
20. Description of the painting by Francois Boucher “The Triumph of Venus”“The Triumph of Venus” – undoubtedly an ode to life. It is the pleasure of its fullness, exciting sensuality, versatility and supportive attitude. A true connoisseur of feminine beauty, Francois Boucher, like no one else, could capture the intoxicating scenes with beautiful Venus in the center. Born out of sea foam, she rests on the […]...
21. Description of the painting by Francois Boucher “Forest landscape with soldiers” &; nbspPainting by Francois Boucher “Forest Landscape with Soldiers” was written by him in 1740. It depicts two soldiers on the river bank in the middle of the forest. The picture is very realistic due to its clarity and detail. The trunks of the trees have a grooved bark structure. Foliage and needles on the branches […]...
22. Description of the painting by Francois Boucher “Hercules and Omphale”The canvas “Hercules and Omphal” is painted by French painter Francois Boucher, a prominent representative of Rococo and one of the most beloved artists of King Louis XV. The painting was written in 1735, it is considered one of the earliest works. Located in the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow. The basis for […]...
23. Description of the painting by Jean-Auguste Dominique Ingres “The Apotheosis of Homer”The main character of this canvas is Homer – the great old man, whose thoughts and sayings have been passed on from mouth to mouth for many centuries. The old man’s face expresses wisdom and mental clarity, and the sage’s shoulders and knees are covered with white cloth. Glory – a beautiful angel in white […]...
24. Description of the painting by Pierre Auguste Renoir “In the theater”This picture on the theme of the theater is not the first among the lists of works by Pierre-Auguste Renoir. At the heart of the plot is a girl watching the theatrical performance, she is the biggest figure on the canvas. Renoir liked to depict women in her works; thus, each woman is depicted as […]...
25. Description of the painting by Francois Boucher “Breakfast”Francois Boucher was considered the court painter of the king during the reign of Louis XV. He became famous not only as a talented artist, but also as a decorator. Boucher painted landscapes, portraits, pastorals, depicting biblical and mythological scenes on canvas. The pearl of the collection of the famous painter is “Breakfast”. It is […]...
26. Description of the painting by Pierre Auguste Renoir “Family of Renoir”French impressionist Pierre Renoir became famous as a master of a secular portrait. Wealthy Parisians fell in love with the painter for his sentimental paintings. The artist depicted colorful, bright, joyful landscapes and faces. In 1896, his family was depicted on canvas with oil by Renoir. “The family of Renoir” includes 5 people in the […]...
27. Description of the painting by Jean-Francois Millet “Angelius”“Angelus Domini” is the name of the Catholic prayer, which is read three times a day – in the morning, at lunch and in the evening. The bells on Catholic churches in the old days called on believers to pray, and three times a day both cities and villages were filled with a festive bell […]...
28. Description of the painting by Jean-Francois Millet “The Sower”The early works of the artist clearly show us the mood of the time. The famous canvas “The Sower” shows us a peasant who, with a simple movement, tries to throw seeds into the ground. This is a simple peasant, rather poor, exhausted by hard work. Striding wide, he tries to sow a new crop. […]...
29. Description of the painting by Francois Boucher “Pastoral”Francois Boucher became famous not only as a talented artist, ideally corresponding to the spirit of his time, but also as a decorator and author of engravings. Illustrated many books. Most often he turned to mythological plots, but he painted them in a pastoral vein, partly decorative, showing rare ingenuity. In addition, he paid tribute […]...
30. Description of the painting by Francois Boucher “Madame de Pompadour”Francois Boucher is a very versatile French artist. The basis of his work consists of paintings with mythical and biblical scenes; he also liked to depict the daily activities of the people of Paris and pastoral scenes, often taking portraits. The favorite of Louis the Fifteenth, the Marquis de Pompadour, was his devoted admirer and […]...
31. Description of the painting by Francois Boucher “Leda and the Swan”Francois Boucher was perhaps the most prominent representative of the painting of the French Rococo era. The artist won numerous awards during his lifetime and was “his man” at the court of Louis the Fifteenth, whose portraits of the favorite, the famous Marquise de Pompadour, painted many times. The artist’s talent is multifaceted; he painted […]...
32. Description of the painting by Francois Boucher “Bathing Diana”The creative biography of the great artist Francois Boucher is rich in a variety of paintings, but among them you can find the most popular, revered and adored works of the public. These include his work Bathing Diana. The Olympic goddess of unprecedented beauty appeared in the work of the artist as the most beautiful […]...
33. Description of the painting by Francois Boucher “Marquise de Pompadour”Francois Boucher was not considered a portrait painter. For all his creative life, he painted more than a thousand paintings, of which portraits are just a little more than a dozen. Most of these portraits are images of the Marquise de Pompadour. The name of the Marquise de Pompadour was known to many even during […]...
34. Description of the painting by Francois Boucher “Jupiter and Callisto”At the beginning of the eighteenth century in France, the most popular style in art was Rococo. For rococo is characterized by the image of luxury, satiety, the abundance of decorative elements, capricious forms. Pictures at that time served mainly as interior decoration. The characters were portrayed like porcelain figurines; at the same time, for […]...
35. Description of the painting by Francois Boucher “Toilet of Venus”The painting depicts Venus – the goddess of love. She is completely naked, covers only part of her body sheets. She looks like a doll made of porcelain – the same large and doll eyes, almost unnaturally white skin, a mischievous look in the direction of one of the Cupids playing with her beads next […]...
36. Description of the painting by Francois Boucher “Portrait of the Marquise de Pompadour”The French painter Boucher was not very enthusiastically drawing portraits. However, he loved to write the image of his patroness, favorite of Louis XV – the Marquis de Pompadour. He began his work with her in 1748. From 1752, Bush began to live and work in the Louvre (the Marquise de Pompadour herself took care […]...
37. Description of the painting by Pierre Auguste Renoir “In the Garden”“In the Garden” is a picture painted by Renoir in 1885 and currently in the collection of the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg. Made in oil on canvas of relatively large size. For a long time this work was almost unknown to the public and was not exhibited not only in the exposition of […]...
38. Description of the painting by Pierre Auguste Renoir “Bathing in the Seine”Dated 1869, used canvas and oil. Size – 59 by 80 cm. Located in the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russia. Renoir during his life tried several styles of painting, but is widely known as one of the outstanding French impressionists. He is distinguished by the predominance of exquisite and romantic images in portraits. […]...
39. Description of the painting by Jean-Auguste Ingres “Raphael and Fornarin”Year of creation – 1841. Materials – oil on canvas, size – 64.77 by 53.34 cm. Stored in Harvard University Art Museum, Cambridge, USA. The canvas was written in the period of life of Ingres in Rome, when his style was already fully formed. The double portrait depicts another famous painter from the Renaissance, Rafael […]...
40. Description of the painting by Pierre Auguste Renoir “Church in Cana”In the center of this landscape is a massive church, made in bright colors. The contours of the building are drawn more clearly than the rest of the designs from Renoir’s canvases. In this case, the bends and depressions are not transmitted using alternating dark and light strokes, but using more detailed rendering. The white […]...