Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “Constantinople at dawn”
Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky… Is there any other association with this name, except the sea? Everyone knows that Aivazovsky wrote the sea very realistic and beautiful. Calm, violent, dark and bright, this artist showed us
Description of the painting by Salvador Dali “Meditation”
On a black background depicts a woman with a sleepy face. She is wearing a blue open dress. The strap is lowered slightly on the shoulder. One arm is bent at the elbow in
Description of the painting by Vincent Van Gogh “Boats in the sea”
The canvas “Boats at Sea” was painted by the outstanding nineteenth-century artist Vincent Van Gogh in 1888. At present, this amazing painting, painted in oil in the traditional style of the author, is kept
Description of the sculpture of Mark Antokolsky “Ermak”
Mark Matveyevich Antokolsky is a sculptor who has worked all his life in the genre of realism and has achieved incredible success. He was firmly associated with the Imperial Academy of Arts, and for
Description of the painting by Vasily Vereshchagin “Suppression of the Indian uprising by the British”
Vasily Vereshchagin was remembered in Russian culture as a famous historical painter who tried to preserve significant events, people’s lives, interesting facts in his paintings. The artist traveled a lot and a trip to
Description of the painting by Paul Gauguin “Where did we come from? Who are we? Where are we going?”
In 1891, Gauguin decided to go to Tahiti, since he was spiritually close to a society whiter than the spiritual and simple than his French environment. There he began to paint this picture a
Description of the painting by Salvador Dali “Woman at the window”
In the early works of Salvador Dali there are boyish maximalism. Young men are becoming: more susceptible to the surrounding reality, more acutely reacting to problems, looking for their place in life and much
Description of the painting by Giotto “Resurrection of Lazarus”
In most of his works, the artist Giotto often chose this kind of multi-figured compositions, in which a lot of incidental episodes accompanying him were attributed to the main plot. As it may seem
Description of the illustration by Yuri Vasnetsov “Three Bears”
Yury Vasnetsov, as a talented artist in the field of children’s art, children’s literature and illustrated books, always kept a little apart from all other authors. Yuri studied from Petrovo-Vodkin himself, as well as
Description of the painting by Francisco de Goya “Self-portrait”
In the XVIII century, the situation with the Spanish painting was not easy. The domination of foreigners penetrated the art of Spain, in his painting. The authorities, paying tribute to fashion and political ambitions,