Description of the painting by Anthony Van Dyck “Self-portrait”
One of the best paintings of the Hermitage, a self-portrait of Van Dyck, shows us the artist in a creative, relaxed incarnation of a person who makes a living impression of embodied art, a
Description of the painting by Nicholas Dubovsky “Rainbow”
From the picture N. N. Dubovskogo “Rainbow” blows warm, sea freshness and lightness. The plot of the picture is simple. On it we see the sea, the boat, the man and the rainbow. But
Description of the painting by Georges Braque “My bike”
The world collection of canvases dedicated to such a genius invention for movement and familiar to most people since childhood, like a bicycle, is not so great. Among these rare specimens is a still
Description of the painting by Viktor Vasnetsov “Self-portrait”
Vasnetsov created his first “Self-portrait” in 1873. The master of the brush was very serious about writing any portrait image, he was sure that there was no need to invent anything in the portrait,
Description of the painting by Alexey Venetsianov “Haymaking”
The greatest Russian painter Alexei Venetsianov painted an extraordinary picture “Haymaking”, which has received tremendous attention from artists to this day. The work fully conveys the mood and atmosphere of the past. At first
Description of the painting by Ivan Yakovlevich Bilibin “Black Horseman”
The illustration of Ivan Yakovlevich Bilibin “The Black Horseman” to the fairy tale “Vasilisa the Beautiful” was made in 1900 Fabulous illustrations of I. Ya. Bilibin are peculiar to pattern and decorativeness. The Black
Description of the painting by Salvador Dali “Cars”
The picture is a contour of a human figure turned to us and depicted with its upper part. All the rest is details. The arms and ribs consist of a large number of one-wheeled
Description of the painting by Hans Holbein “Henry 8”
Hans Holbein paid much attention to the transfer of plastic properties of objects, the formation of light. He was attracted to materials that were made from the things he portrayed. He very skillfully conveyed
Description of the painting by Hieronymus Bosch “Haystack”
At the time of the decline of the Renaissance and the flourishing of the Inquisition, society was filled with disturbing prejudices and superstitions. The artists who created in these rebellious times, as they could,
Description of the painting by Alexey Venetsianov “Nurse with a child”
Venetsianov is a recognized portrait painter who loved and painted pictures in the everyday genre. He studied the art of creation not only in the academic direction, where it was proposed only to copy