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1. 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. […]...
2. 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 […]...
3. Description of the sculpture by Michelangelo Buanarroti “The Dying Slave”Slaves of Michelangelo Buonarroti – famous marble statues of the great Italian sculptor. Originally intended for the tombstone of Julius II, but the option for the implementation was chosen more modest scope, with a smaller number of sculptures. As a result, the finished work of the master “The Dying Slave” and opposed to her – […]...
4. Description of the sculpture by Michelangelo’s “Tomb of Lorenzo Medici”Michelangelo Buonarroti is that rare type of creator, whose works have received the greatest glory during the life of the author. The son of an impoverished nobleman, he was proud of his lineage. The works of Buonarroti left a deep imprint on the whole culture of the Renaissance, and also on world art as a […]...
5. 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 […]...
6. Description of the sculpture by Michelangelo Buanarrotti “Bacchus”Buanarroti Michelangelo created the sculpture “Bacchus” from marble or it is also called “Drunk Bacchus”. It reaches a height of two meters three centimeters. This was the task of Cardinal Raphael Riardio in 1497. In the opinion of researchers, the sculpture of Michelangelo was the first masterpiece. After receiving the order the sculptor set to […]...
7. Description of the sculpture by Michelangelo “Evening”Michelangelo was a sculptor, architect, painter. His main passion is the creation of sculptures. At first he made drawings on paper and sketches from wax, and then he worked with marble. Michelangelo sculpted realistic human figures from a lump of soulless stone. In 1520, Michelangelo began work on the construction of the Medici family tomb. […]...
8. 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 […]...
9. Description of the sculpture by Theodosius Fedorovich Shchedrin “Venus”Venus is the goddess of beauty and youth. Theodosius Shchedrin created this sculpture, intending to convey his idea of ​​female beauty. The woman, presented in the form of a sculpture, amazes the viewer with the smoothness and accuracy of her forms. The construction of her figure is characterized by softness and waviness, and the pose […]...
10. 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 […]...
11. 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 […]...
12. 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 […]...
13. 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 […]...
14. Description of the sculpture by Michelangelo Buanarroti “Pieta Rondanini”This sculpture was the last work of the master. Almost until his death, he actively worked on its creation. The composition is two-figured. We see Mary and Christ merged into one. The proportions of the figures are deliberately lengthened. The impression of their fragility and weightlessness. Involuntarily recall the statues of antiquity. The concept of […]...
15. Description of the sculpture by Eric Fishl “The Falling Woman”The sculpture of the American artist and sculptor Eric Fischl “Falling Woman” is an example of modern art. This statue is dedicated to people who died during the terrorist attack that took place in America, in the city of New York, on September 11, 2001. Before us is a sculpture of a female figure. A […]...
16. Description of the sculpture by Giovanni Bernini “Ecstasy of St. Theresa”The Ecstasy of Saint Theresa is a sculptural group of L. Bernini, a famous Baroque period sculptor. The sculptor was inspired by the letters of Spain’s nun Teresa, declared holy by the Catholic Church. In her letters, Teresa described the wonderful visions of angels and saints. In one of them, for example, an angel appeared […]...
17. Description of the sculpture of Giovanni Bernini “The Abduction of Proserpina”Giovanni Bernini at a young age created his work “The Abduction of Proserpina”. The sculpture was made very refined and with great virtuosity. The work of the author has incorporated the features of Michelangelo’s technique and antique plasticity. The style of the seventeenth century contemporaries is also viewed there. At this time, Bernini was already […]...
18. Description of the sculpture of Anna Golubkina “Old Age”This sculpture was born in Paris. A. S. Golubkina, Auguste Rodin’s student herself, invited a woman to pose for herself, who had once been a model and posed for the master Rodin himself. Rodin once created the sculpture “The one that was beautiful Olmer.” The sculpture is completely ruthless, defiantly naturalistic showed to the world […]...
19. Description of the sculpture “Nick Samothrace”The statue of the winged goddess Nike is considered the most famous masterpiece of Greek art. She was discovered in the spring of 1863 on the island of Samothrace. Transported to the capital of France, and twenty years later installed on the stairs leading to the Louvre. Until now, people from different countries can admire […]...
20. Description of the sculpture Pieta by Michelangelo BuanarrotiMichelangelo’s Pieta “Lamentation of Christ” – the only work that was signed by him. Copies of this work can be seen in many Catholic churches in the world. Pieta’s figure is very interesting. The Italian master managed to subtly portray the lifeless Jesus in the hands of Our Lady. Here Madonna is quite young, who […]...
21. Description of the sculpture by Etienne Maurice Falcone “Dangerous Cupid”At the personal request of the Marquise de Pompadour herself, the famous sculptor creates a small sculpture of the god of love Amur. The marble figurine depicts a winged cute boy and received the name “The Dangerous Cupid”. Since the first exhibition, sculpture has become popular. First, the repeated statuettes were made by the author […]...
22. Description of the sculpture by Giovanni Bernini “Apollo and Daphne”The plot of the Apollo and Daphne sculpture was an episode from a famous mythological work. Cupid was offended by Apollo and decided to punish him. He pierced the hero’s heart with an arrow of love, and the heart of the nymph Daphne was struck by an arrow, which on the contrary destroys love. Then […]...
23. Description of the sculpture Benvenuto Cellini “Perseus”Perseus is known to be the son of Zeus. He was an invincible warrior. It is to him that the glory of the hero belongs, who was able to cut off the head of the famous Gorgon Medusa. In the 16th century, Cellini was asked to create a sculpture of Perseus in bronze. It was […]...
24. Description of the sculpture of Dzhamboloni “Abduction of the Sabine Women”Of great historical importance are the statues of Dzhamboloni “The abduction of the Sabine women”, executed in 1583. They depict the very moment of the abduction of future wives by the Romans. According to history, this episode had its place in 750 BC. At that time, Rome was inhabited only by men, then the cunning […]...
25. 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 […]...
26. Description of the sculpture by Michelangelo Buanarroti “Brutus”Brutus remained in history as the murderer of Caesar, who trusted him and never wrote to the traitors. According to legend, dying, he slid to the ground with a wheeze “And you, Brutus!”, Which became a common expression, and now, many years later, almost a joke. At the time of Michelangelo, when the Renaissance in […]...
27. Description of the sculpture “Apollo Belvedere”Many of us are familiar with the culture of the ancient world. We know how the Egyptians, the Greeks, the Romans lived. You can understand how the culture of those times looked from various sources, including sculptures. Nowadays, unfortunately, there are very few genuine works of sculptors of that time left on our planet. One […]...
28. 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 […]...
29. Description of the sculpture of Jean Houdon “Voltaire”Sculpture of Voltaire, made by Jean-Antoine Houdon, is considered the best work, exactly, conveying the image of the great philosopher. Shortly before his death, Voltaire agreed to pose for the sculptor. At that time he was eighty-four years old. Marble sculpture is famous not only for the amazing work of the author, skillfully conveying complex […]...
30. Description of the Alberto Giacometti Sculpture “The Walking Man”Walking man is a well-known sculpture, which has pierced with its deep meaning all the world art of the XX century. Authorship belongs to the genius master, graphics, artist Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966). A new look at the existence of an ordinary person, provided him fame not only in his native Switzerland, but also in other […]...
31. 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 […]...
32. Description of the painting by Michelangelo Buanarroti “Kumskaya Sibyl”The most famous of all the Sibyls is the Kuma Sibyl. Many Sibylins of the book are connected with her name. It was she who predicted the demise of the whole world. Kuma Sibyl oppresses its excessively large body and deformity. Michelangelo with all the subtleties conveyed the image of this deep old woman, with […]...
33. 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 […]...
34. Description of the painting by the bas-relief by Michelangelo Buanarroti “Madonna at the stairs”Michelangelo began his journey with the creation of talented sculptures. Before us is his first work, which he skillfully carved out of marble at the age of 16 years. Already from it one can understand that this is the creation of a true master. The sculptor brings his own art into this art form. Striking […]...
35. Description of the sculpture by Michelangelo Buanarroti “Madonna of Brugge”The Madonna of Brugge is the only work by Michelangelo who left Italy during his lifetime, going to the church of Notre Dame in Brugge, a town, after whose name she received the name. It is made of stone, its height is 128 centimeters, and the sculptor, working on it, was obviously not guided by […]...
36. 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. […]...
37. Description of the painting by Ivan Shishkin “Foggy Morning”Shishkin has two canvases with the same name “Foggy Morning”. But both canvases are so beautiful that I want to tell about them. On the first canvas we see a deep river, on the banks of which the forest grows. Somewhere in the distance the forest is wrapped up in fog, but here the fog […]...
38. Description of the sculpture by Giovanni Bernini “David”As they say in an ancient legend written in the Bible, a young and courageous young man, David, with a stone that he released from a sling, killed the formidable giant Goliath. And during the times of the Renaissance, many artists and sculptors took this story as the basis of their creation. The image of […]...
39. 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 […]...
40. Description of the painting by Karl Bryullov “Italian morning”In 1822, after the establishment of the Society for the Encouragement of Artists, Karl Brullov was lucky to become one of the first retirees of the Society in Italy. Abroad, having been in workshops and incorporating the achievements of the greatest masters of all time, he becomes one of the best painters in Rome. Karl […]...