Description of the painting by Maurits Escher “Reptiles”

Maurits Cornelis Escher is a graphic known primarily for its lithographs and engravings. His work is aimed mainly at the psychological study of three-dimensional objects. He paid great attention to the concepts of distortion

Description of the painting by Claude Monet “Waterloo Bridge. Fog effect

Painting “Waterloo Bridge. The effect of fog “Monet is a prominent representative of the series of works of the artist, which he dedicated to London. The artist depicted the view of the London Thames

Description of the Soviet poster “Night work is not an obstacle”

One of the strengths of the Soviet government was a powerful agitation policy. Loud slogans were made from the stands, which were information weapons. They strongly motivated citizens, set the society to the correct

Description of the painting by Konstantin Makovsky “Choosing a Bride”

1887 canvas, oil. Russian Museum, St. Petersburg. The plot of the picture was a historical event: the young Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich, according to custom, chooses his future spouse. According to custom, the bridegrooms collected

Description of the painting by Pierre Auguste Renoir “Mademoiselle Legrand”

The charming portrait of the eight-year-old Dolphins Legrand was painted by Renoir in 1875 at the beginning of his artistic career, when the painter depended on the decisions of the portrait commission to ensure

Description of the painting by Valentin Serov “overgrown pond”

Domotkanovo Tver province was conceived by the artist Serov as a place to create a solar portrait of a cousin. But the capricious weather liked to surprise suddenly overcast days. V. A. Serov ingeniously

Description of the painting by Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin “Portrait of M. F. Petrov-Vodkin”

Pictures Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin rightly considered the first examples of the genre of socialist realism. Many of his paintings of the Bolshevik period are really remembered and stored in the memory forever – but still

Description of the painting by Isaac Levitan “Over eternal rest”

The painting of Isaac Levitan “Over Eternal Peace” is one of the pearls of the artist’s work. Art critics refer this work to the trilogy of his paintings, believing that the first one is

Description of the painting by Raphael Santi “Three Graces”

“Three Graces” – a painting by Raphael, which depicts Innocence, Beauty and Love, as they were presented to the artist. All the girls are very young, all have similar hair color, cleaned so as

Description of the painting by Dante Rossetti “Beloved” (Bride)

“Beloved” (also known as “The Bride”) – oil painting on canvas, written in 1865 by British artist of Italian origin Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Now she is in the London Tate Gallery. On the gilded
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