Description of the painting by Nicholas Ge “Calvary”
The painting “Golgotha” became one of the last works of Nikolay Ge and, according to critics, remained unfinished. The author tried to invest in his work a deep moral meaning. In the center of
Description of the sculpture Alberto Giacometti “Pointing Man”
Alberto Giacometti is one of the highest paid sculptors in the world. He lived in the last century, but his work is still being auctioned for millions of dollars. In his work he used
Description of the painting by Efim Volkov “Autumn”
Volkov Efim Efimovich called the poet of fogs and Russian autumn. A talented landscape painter, he left a beautiful collection of pictures of nature full of charm and light sadness. The son of a
Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “In Cairo”
“Evening in Cairo” – one of the most beautiful and mysterious paintings, world famous, painter Ivan Aivazovsky, written in 1870. It can rightly be called an artistic masterpiece, which has no analogues in the
Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “Storm on the North Sea”
Ivan Aivazovsky – Russian marine painter, of Ukrainian origin. His fate played a cruel joke with him when he set off on a journey through the Gulf of Finland and the Baltic Sea. This
Description of the painting by Edgar Degas “Absinthe”
Year of creation of a picture – 1893. At first it was called simply “People in a cafe”. We see a pretty drunk woman and definitely a sober man who settled down at a
Description of the painting by Ivan Argunov “Portrait of an unknown peasant woman in Russian costume”
Argunov himself came from a peasant environment, so the main direction of his work can be called the desire to show the dignity and beauty of a person, regardless of his class. He happened
Description of the painting by Pieter Bruegel “Harvest”
Cloth “Harvest”, written by the Netherlands artist Peter Bruegel in 1565, is in the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art. Art critics refer the picture to the series “The Seasons”, which consists of several
Description of the painting by Sandro Botticelli “Mystical Christmas”
The theme of the Nativity of Christ was constantly dominated by different artists at different times. But each of them had a completely different vision of this event. So Botticelli, it is very peculiar.
Description of the painting by Karl Bryullov “Walk”
Watercolor created in 1849. We see a group of people walking around Madeira. The artist concentrated all his attention on an unusual wheelchair. Oxen are drawn into it. Ladies and two gentlemen comfortably settled