Description of the sculpture by Venus de Milo
In the history of art there are not so many sculptures that instantly gained popularity. The widely revered statue of Venus de Milo is one of them. Venus in ancient Roman mythology was originally
Description of the painting by Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin “Housewarming”
The concept of Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin was extremely simple and realistic: the end of the Civil War of the beginning of the 20th century, the distribution to the workers-workers and the military apartments, formerly owned
Description of the painting by Ilya Repin “The Last Supper”
The great artist Ilya Repin created his masterpiece The Last Supper in 1903. Now the picture is in the Novgorod State Museum. The work was canceled. This is one of the biblical scenes. There
Description of the painting by Valentin Serov “Portrait of Sofia Botkina”
The apogee of the miraculous gift of Valentin Serov to paint portraits was the 1899 painting “Portrait of Botkin”. The work received public recognition of European bohemia and art lovers of secular portrait. The
Description of the painting by William Turner “Fishermen in the sea”
It is interesting to note that William Turner masterfully mastered watercolors, but nevertheless, among his series of ten water-color works, only one was done with oil, and this work was “Fishermen at Sea”. In
Description of the painting by Henri Matisse “Conversation”
At first it may seem that Matisse portrays his own banal scene that can occur on any given day. We see the husband and wife talking in the morning. In the characters you can
Description of the painting by Eugene Shirokov “Friends”
The main characters of the work “Friends” are a boy and a dog. The boy is dressed in home clothes and gently strokes his pet. It is evident that the four-legged friend is devoted
Description of the painting by Maurits Escher “Waterfall”
Lithograph “Waterfall”, written by the Dutch artist Escher in 1961, the design of which is based on the impossible triangle of Roger Penrose. Such a triangle consists of three boards (crossbars), each of which
Description of the painting by Gustav Klimt “Poppy field”
The admirers of his work have already become accustomed to his unusually colorful panels, but the landscape here is extremely beautiful. A poppy is a flower of sleep and love. His scarlet color always
Description paintings Konstantin Korovin “At the dacha”
Korovin, performing an oil painting on canvas entitled “At the Dacha”, managed to fulfill all his attitude to the world around him as well as possible. The artist was able to convey to the