Description of the painting by Jean-Baptiste Simeon Chardin “Prayer before dinner”
A painting on the themes of genre scenes from life, painted in oil on canvas. Like many other works of the artist in this genre, the picture was very kind and tender. A deep
Description of the painting by Jean-Auguste Ingres “Oedipus and the Sphinx”
The basis of his famous work Ingre laid the ancient Greek legend of the Sphinx. Sphinx – a terrible monster with a female head and charms, but he has a lion body, a rattlesnake
Description of the painting by Edward Manet “Jeanne” (Spring)
Even somehow you get lost at the sight of such a female image. You do not know exactly how to determine her condition. On the one hand, it seems that this is an arrogant
Description of the painting by Alexey Korzukhin “Peasant girls in the forest”
The picture was painted in 1877 in oil on canvas. The canvas is written by artists on a previously developed plot. Korzukhin to write landscapes. Girls’ eyes are filled with drama, something frightened them
Description of the painting by Konstantin Yuon “Russian winter Ligachevo”
Yuon masterfully painted landscapes. He preferred the nature of the Moscow region. He loved the village Ligachevo. It was there that the artist had a house. We see one of the clear days of
Description of the painting by Rembrandt Harmens van Rijn “The Mill”
In his work Rembrandt repeatedly portrayed the mill, seeing in them his own charm and beauty. This picture is one of the greatest works of the author. The heavy atmosphere of the canvas is
Description of the painting by Valentin Serov “Iphigenia in Tavrida”
The main story for the film was the legend of the Greek king Agamemnon’s daughter, Iphigenia, sacrificed to the war goddess Athena. Homer’s poem Iliad tells that, wishing to become winners in the ten-year
Description of the painting by Dante Rossetti “Annunciation”
This work is one of the most famous in the work of the British, who was not only an artist, but also a writer and translator. The Annunciation is one of the most important
Description of the painting by Michelangelo Buanarroti “Holy Family”
Michelangelo is one of the greatest masters of the Renaissance. First of all, the sculptor, he also painted, wrote poems, was a famous thinker of his time. Speaking of his ancestors, they mention Mesira
Description of the painting by Mikhail Lermontov “Self-portrait”
At this time, Lermontov was just in exile. He created a vivid self-portrait. We see a man dressed in a regiment of dragoons. Characteristic red collar, spectacular epaulettes, burka and invariable checkers. Lermontov portrayed