Description of the painting by Fedor Rokotov “Portrait of an Unknown Man in a Cocked Horn
One of the most mysterious pictures of the century. Many experts and critics have long discussions about the person depicted on the canvas. Some are inclined to believe that this is a young Count
Description of the painting by Edward Manet “Olympia”
Edouard Manet, when he painted this picture, obviously already then, rather scornfully applied to all official positions of art, therefore this masterpiece quite obviously differs from all his previous works, which were written before
Description of the painting by Ilya Repin “What a space!”
As the artist himself admits, a passing impression served as the vital material for this picture. One day, while in Penaty, in his estate, Repin saw how a young couple – a pretty girl
Description of the painting by Konstantin Makovsky “The appeal of Minin to the citizens of Nizhny Novgorod”
Konstantin Egorovich Makovsky painted this patriotic canvas for six years. This is the largest easel canvas in Russia. In addition to the main character Minin, more than a hundred portrait characters are depicted on
Description of the painting by Isaac Levitan “Twilight, stack”
Isaac Levitan in his creative destiny has written many beautiful and famous paintings that are very loved and appreciated both in Russia and around the world. In the last years of his life, the
Description of the Soviet poster “Peace, Labor, May”
Soviet poster art of a social nature is a very diverse and multifaceted phenomenon. Over the years of its existence, the most important events in the history of the Soviet Union served as its
Description of the Soviet poster “Have you volunteered?”
One of the first and most famous examples of Soviet poster art in Soviet Russia was the poster under the eloquent title “Did you enroll as volunteers?”. It was created in 1920 by one
Description of the painting by Pablo Picasso “Breakfast of the blind”
The picture “Breakfast of the blind” Pablo Picasso wrote in 1903, when he was only 22 years old. This picture was created in the early period of creativity of the Spanish artist. The period
Description of the sculpture by Michelangelo Buanarroti “Madonna of Brugge”
The Madonna of Brugge is the only work by Michelangelo who left Italy during his lifetime, going to the church of Notre Dame in Brugge, a town, after whose name she received the name.
Description of the painting by Ilya Repin “Portrait of the writer V. M. Garshin”
1884, painted in oil on canvas. Dimensions: 88.9 by 69.2 cm. Located in the Metropolitan Museum (The Metropolitan Museum of Art), New York, USA. As a creator, Ilya Efimovich was inexhaustible and incredibly multifaceted