Description of the painting by Paul Gauguin “Day of the deity”
The painting “Day of the Deity” was written by Paul Gauguin in 1894 between the so-called “Tahitian” periods of his work. She is at the Chicago Institute of the Arts. This picture has become
Description of the sculpture of Mark Antakolsky “Ivan the Terrible”
“Ivan the Terrible” – the first serious large sculpture of Antakolsky, the famous Russian sculptor. Interestingly, the youngest son in a large Jewish family, Antakolsky, was fond of drawing from an early age, painted
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
Description of the painting by Titian Vecellio “Feast of Venus”
Mythological and biblical scenes occupied a significant place in the artist’s work. However, a deep insight into the questions of psychology made it possible to create surprisingly lively, realistic images. The Feast of Venus
Description of the painting by Eugene Delacroix “Portrait of Paganini”
A great musician who knew how to handle his instrument perfectly. They even said that he was associated with the devil, because no one knew how to play the violin, as he did. It
Description of the painting by Theodore Gericault “The Raft of Medusa”
In 1817, Theodore Gericault, an artist from France, went to Italy, where he studied the art of the Renaissance. Upon returning home, he became interested in heroic plots. At that time, the artist was
Description of the painting by Peter Bruegel “Misanthrope”
The most famous Dutch painter and graphic artist of the 16th century preferred to paint more genre scenes created from the world perception and mood of the people during the bourgeois revolution. From writing
Description of the painting by Fyodor Bruni “Praying for the bowl”
The painting “Praying for the Bowl” was painted by a Russian artist of Italian origin, F. A. Bruni, in Rome for the church on the estate of Senator G. N. Rakhmanov. The basis of
Description of the painting by Yuri Vasnetsov “The Bliss of Paradise”
Vasnetsov, who is an artist, transmitting to the viewer fabulous paintings and a sense of the unusual, distinguished by his work “The Bliss of Paradise”. In this unusual picture, which is fraught with deep
Description of the painting by Efim Volkov “Spring”
In the works of Efim Volkov (1844 – 1920) nature occupies a special place. Immensely admired by the beauty of Russian nature, the painter during his life created a wide variety of landscapes in