Description of the sculpture by Giovanni Bernini “David”

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5. Description of the sculpture by Michelangelo Buanarroti “David”“David” is a marble sculpture by Michelangelo. This marble statue, whose height is over five meters, is the top of the Renaissance sculpture. The original of this statue is currently in Florence, at the Academy of Fine Arts. By the way, she is there to prevent damage. The statue is a naked figure of David. […]...
6. Description of the statue of Donatello “David”“David” is one of the great sculptures that embodies so many meanings and questions that worried people in the 15th century. This is a statue that was the beginning of the revival of the cult of the body. Not clarified is the question of the time the creation of this masterpiece. Most art critics date […]...
7. Description of the painting by Jacques Louis David “Portrait of Napoleon in his office”The picture was painted in 1812 in oil on canvas. David is a brilliant artist of the 19th century. His portraits are known all over the world and stand in the same row with the greatest artists. The portrait of Napoleon was painted by David when the period of classicism dominated in painting. It is […]...
8. Description of the painting by Rembrandt Harmens Van Rijn “The Farewell of David to Jonathan”The great Dutch painter Rembrandt Harmens van Rijn was a great master of the image of human emotions and experiences. The genre’s works of the master are very diverse, but on whatever topic he wrote, the depths of human passions were always paramount for him. One of Rembrandt’s teachers was Peter Lastman – and he […]...
9. Description of the painting by Marc Chagall “David and Bathsheba”Marc (Movsha) Chagall was born in Vitebsk, into a Jewish family, received a traditional home education. The main element of his paintings has always been Jewish folk culture. Often the artist visualized proverbs in Yiddish, turned to biblical stories. The vocation of the creator for him was inextricably linked with national self-awareness. In the thirties […]...
10. Description of the painting by Rembrandt Harmens van Rijn “Saul and David”Of particular value in the cultural and historical heritage are the works of artists on rare themes and subjects. One of these scenes is the image of the characters from the Bible of Saul and David. The Dutch painter Rembrandt made as many as two canvases with these heroes: the first in 1630, the next […]...
11. Description of the painting by Jacques-Louis David “Madame Recamier”Madame Julie Recamier, the owner of a fashionable salon in Paris and a famous beauty, commissioned her portrait to renowned artist Jean Louis David. The artist in the process of writing a portrait, could not get used to the meager lighting in the room, because of which he did not go to work. Madame Julie […]...
12. Description of the painting by Rembrandt “David and Jonathan”Dutch by birth, Rembrandt, undoubtedly, is one of the greatest artists of all times and peoples who have made an invaluable contribution to world painting. Of course, first of all, the talent of the artist played its role in this, in many respects, this was facilitated by the fact that before writing each of his […]...
13. Description of the painting by Jacques Louis David “Love of Paris and Helen”Here, it would seem, a revolutionary painter, a chanter of the French Revolution, and suddenly a plot from ancient Roman history… Someone might find such a neighborhood strange, but just then French revolutionaries quite often turned to Roman history. And apparently on the wave of this enthusiasm, David, a famous artist, depicted two young people […]...
14. Description of the painting by Jacques-Louis David “Self-portrait” (1794)This picture shows us the character and appearance of Jacques-Louis David, how the artist himself felt. He wanted the audience to recognize in him a man of strong-willed, restrained, passionate and inclined to spiritual impulse. One need only look at the artist’s self-portrait in order to understand the reasons why he joined the revolutionaries and […]...
15. Description of the painting by Michelangelo “David and Goliath”Entering the Sistine Chapel, looking up and to the left, the viewer will see part of the detail of the fresco “David and Goliath”. The main character was a famous person in the history of the Jews, a famous person in art. Lived in 10 Art. BC, served as offering arms to the king Saul. […]...
16. Description of the painting by Caravaggio “David and Goliath (1601)”This painting was commissioned by the artist Cardinal Scipione Borghese. David and Goliath, relying on biblical information, were heroes of antiquity. David was to be king of the Jews, and Goliath was a gigantic Philistine. In one of the biblical legends tells of the confrontation of these two characters. Goth was the native city of […]...
17. Description of the sculpture by Miron “Discoball”“Discoball” – is one of the most famous sculptures of antiquity. In addition, this is the first sculpture that depicts a man in motion. At that time, it was very difficult to convey such complex movements in sculpture. The age of this sculpture is about two and a half thousand years. The original of this […]...
18. 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 […]...
19. Description of the painting by Jean-Louis David “The Oath of the Horatii”“The Oath of the Horatii” – a large painting, written by French artist Jean-Louis David in 1784. The painting is currently in the Paris Louvre. As soon as the picture came out from under the master’s brush, it immediately gained a great success, both among the public and among critics. The painting “The Oath of […]...
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21. Description of the sculpture Donatello “St. George”Sculpture “St. George” was created by the great Italian sculptor Donatello between 1415 and 1416. According to the custom of the time, the sculpture was ordered and paid for by the gunsmiths workshop, who planned to install a statue of their patron in the outer niche of the Or Or San Michele church. The created […]...
22. Description of the painting by Jacques Louis David “Sappho and Phaon”The work of the talented French artist Jacques Louis David is done with oil on a sufficiently large canvas. David is considered the founder of neoclassicism, based on the works of the ancient heritage. The work “Sappho and Phaon” was made in terms of the artist’s late work. It bears the beloved Sappho and Phaon, […]...
23. Description of the painting by Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn “David and Uriah”Rembrandt Harmens van Rijn is a Dutch artist whose paintings are distinguished by the versatility of selected subjects and the techniques used. Of particular interest to the artist were biblical stories, which corresponded to the piety of the society in which he lived, and allowed him to continue to experiment and search for new approaches […]...
24. Description of the painting by the sculpture Michelangelo Buanarroti “Crouching Boy”Unfortunately, many statues intended for the Florentine church (Medici Chapel) by Michelangelo could not be completed. And some of the numerous statues created by the master for this purpose also did not adorn the tomb. Particularly distinguished among such works is the figure of the “Crouching Boy” (the Boy Squatting on Squat), which is now […]...
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32. Description of the sculpture by Michelangelo “Bound Slave”In 1513-1516, Michelangelo made 2 sculptures made of marble: “The Dying Slave” and “The Bound Slave”. The latter, many contemporaries nicknamed “The Risen Slave” for the impulse of the figure depicted to freedom. Here she is conveyed in body movements, in tense muscles and in facial expression. The statue is designed for viewing from different […]...
33. Description of the sculpture by Venus de MiloIn the history of art there are not so many sculptures that instantly gained popularity. The widely revered statue of Venus de Milo is one of them. Venus in ancient Roman mythology was originally the goddess of spring and flowering; belonged to the ancient Italian gods. Later, Venus became revered as the goddess of love […]...
34. Description of the painting by David Burliuk “Portrait of the Futurist Songbird Vasily Kamensky”The painting titled “Portrait of the futurist Vasily Kamensky’s songwriter” was painted by Burliuk in 1916. She treats it as a work of art in the style of futurism with some echoes of primitivism and fauvism. This picture does not carry the similarity of photographic accuracy with the real Vasily Kamensky. Burliuk portrayed him as […]...
35. Description of the sculpture by Michelangelo Buanarroti “Moses”“Moses” – a statue created by the greatest Italian painter Michelangelo Buonarroti. The idea of ​​the author was to recreate the image of the famous biblical prophet. The painstaking work on the sculpture lasted for two years, starting in 1513. For his sculpture, the famous artist used marble as a material. He prepared a huge […]...
36. Description of the painting by Jacques Louis David “Belisarius”Filled with tragedy, sadness and human injustice, the painting by famous French classical painter “Belisarius”, Jacques Louis David, was painted in oil in 1781. The plot of the picture is imbued with sadness, sentimentality and compassion. She tells of a Byzantine illustrious commander Belisarius, who was slandered and removed from service, condemning wanderings and poverty. […]...
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39. Description of the painting by Giovanni Tiepolo “Pier Cleopatra”From a young age, the artist Giovanni Baptiste Tiepolo felt an irresistible craving for the history of the world. He read many works about the life of people in the past, swallowed piles of works of art on this subject. So the plot of his masterpiece “Pir Cleopatra” Tiepolo took from the textbook writer Pliny […]...
40. Description of the sculpture by Mikhail Kozlovsky “Polycrates” (1790)One of the most remarkable works of the sculptor, a talented representative of the generation crowning the Russian sculpture of the XVIII century, is the unforgettable “Polycrates”. The plot, which tells about the death of a tyrant, executed by opponents, is borrowed from ancient Greek history. The ruler of the island of Samos stood out […]...