Description of the painting by Francois Boucher “The Triumph of Venus”

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1. Description of the painting by Francois Boucher “Jupiter and Callisto”At the beginning of the eighteenth century in France, the most popular style in art was Rococo. For rococo is characterized by the image of luxury, satiety, the abundance of decorative elements, capricious forms. Pictures at that time served mainly as interior decoration. The characters were portrayed like porcelain figurines; at the same time, for […]...
2. Description of the painting by Francois Boucher “Toilet of Venus”The painting depicts Venus – the goddess of love. She is completely naked, covers only part of her body sheets. She looks like a doll made of porcelain – the same large and doll eyes, almost unnaturally white skin, a mischievous look in the direction of one of the Cupids playing with her beads next […]...
3. Description of the painting by Francois Boucher “Leda and the Swan”Francois Boucher was perhaps the most prominent representative of the painting of the French Rococo era. The artist won numerous awards during his lifetime and was “his man” at the court of Louis the Fifteenth, whose portraits of the favorite, the famous Marquise de Pompadour, painted many times. The artist’s talent is multifaceted; he painted […]...
4. Description of the painting by Francois Boucher “Portrait of the Marquise de Pompadour”The French painter Boucher was not very enthusiastically drawing portraits. However, he loved to write the image of his patroness, favorite of Louis XV – the Marquis de Pompadour. He began his work with her in 1748. From 1752, Bush began to live and work in the Louvre (the Marquise de Pompadour herself took care […]...
5. Description of the painting by Francois Boucher “Bathing Diana”The creative biography of the great artist Francois Boucher is rich in a variety of paintings, but among them you can find the most popular, revered and adored works of the public. These include his work Bathing Diana. The Olympic goddess of unprecedented beauty appeared in the work of the artist as the most beautiful […]...
6. Description of the painting by Francois Boucher “Hercules and Omphale”The canvas “Hercules and Omphal” is painted by French painter Francois Boucher, a prominent representative of Rococo and one of the most beloved artists of King Louis XV. The painting was written in 1735, it is considered one of the earliest works. Located in the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow. The basis for […]...
7. Description of the painting by Francois Boucher “Madame de Pompadour”Francois Boucher is a very versatile French artist. The basis of his work consists of paintings with mythical and biblical scenes; he also liked to depict the daily activities of the people of Paris and pastoral scenes, often taking portraits. The favorite of Louis the Fifteenth, the Marquis de Pompadour, was his devoted admirer and […]...
8. Description of the painting by Francois Boucher “Pastoral”Francois Boucher became famous not only as a talented artist, ideally corresponding to the spirit of his time, but also as a decorator and author of engravings. Illustrated many books. Most often he turned to mythological plots, but he painted them in a pastoral vein, partly decorative, showing rare ingenuity. In addition, he paid tribute […]...
9. Description of the painting by Francois Boucher “Breakfast”Francois Boucher was considered the court painter of the king during the reign of Louis XV. He became famous not only as a talented artist, but also as a decorator. Boucher painted landscapes, portraits, pastorals, depicting biblical and mythological scenes on canvas. The pearl of the collection of the famous painter is “Breakfast”. It is […]...
10. Description of the painting by Francois Boucher “Marquise de Pompadour”Francois Boucher was not considered a portrait painter. For all his creative life, he painted more than a thousand paintings, of which portraits are just a little more than a dozen. Most of these portraits are images of the Marquise de Pompadour. The name of the Marquise de Pompadour was known to many even during […]...
11. Description of the painting by Francois Boucher “Forest landscape with soldiers” &; nbspPainting by Francois Boucher “Forest Landscape with Soldiers” was written by him in 1740. It depicts two soldiers on the river bank in the middle of the forest. The picture is very realistic due to its clarity and detail. The trunks of the trees have a grooved bark structure. Foliage and needles on the branches […]...
12. Description of the painting by Peter Bruegel “The Triumph of Death”Peter Bruegel’s painting “The Triumph of Death” is unusually grim. It depicts the triumph of death that reigns in everything. One feels the truly global end of all mankind, although here, unlike the artist’s earlier paintings, there is no devilry. Suddenly it happened that the laws were interrupted, and a certain border between the kingdom […]...
13. Description of the painting by Jacopo Tintoretto “Venus, Vulcan and Mars”One of the first works of the painter Jacopo Tintoretto is his “Venus, Vulcan and Mars”. The painting is depicted in oil on canvas, in 1550. The size of the canvas is 135×198 cm. In it we clearly trace how Titian strongly influenced Tintoretto. The plot of the canvas tells us about the classic story […]...
14. Description of the painting by Paolo Veronese “The triumph of Mordecai”Paolo Veronese worked on the masterpiece for five years. A canvas with rounded edges adorns the Doge’s Palace in Italy. Historians did not manage to establish the exact date of the writing of the “Triumph of Mordecai”; presumably, the picture was completed in the mid 80s of the XVI century. The composition is pompous and […]...
15. Description of the sculpture by Venus de MiloIn 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 the goddess of spring and flowering; belonged to the ancient Italian gods. Later, Venus became revered as the goddess of love […]...
16. Description of the painting by Vincent Van Gogh “Blooming Garden”The painting “Blooming Garden” was created unrecognized during his lifetime, but by a very talented French artist Vincent van Gogh in 1888. Of all the genres of art, the French post-impressionist Van Gogh chose the landscape. He loved wildlife hotly and passionately, with some kind of extraterrestrial love, unlike most of his contemporaries. Nature became […]...
17. Description of the painting by Paolo Veronese “The Triumph of Venice”The oval-shaped canvas adorns the ceiling of the Great Council Hall in the Dodge Palace in Venice. On the creation of the picture took about 5 years. The exact date of writing is unknown, it is believed that the “Triumph of Venice” was created somewhere between 1580 and 1585. The composition shown to the viewer […]...
18. Description of the painting by Raphael Santi “Triumph of Galatea”Rafael Santi – is one of the most famous painters of Rome, who became famous throughout the world for painting the Vatican villages. The artist’s eclectic approach to work, as well as his critical mindset attracted citizens, and, therefore, he never sat without work. Not remained indifferent to the work of Raphael and a passionate […]...
19. Description of the painting by Titian “Venus and Adonis”The plot of this canvas is a dramatic story of two lovers Venus and Adonis. The artist Vecellio Titian created a painting commissioned by the Spanish king. Philip II appreciated the beauty of the naked female body, so the painting “Venus and Adonis” became a wonderful wedding gift for the ruler. The main characters of […]...
20. Description of the painting by Annibale Carracci “The Triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne”Carracci portrays the triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne. We see an unusual procession. The artist dedicated his canvas to the theme of love, as an all-consuming feeling. The canvas is created on the plot of the myth of antiquity. Many know Theseus. It was him who loved Ariadne. She helps him out of the maze […]...
21. Description of the sculpture by Theodosius Fedorovich Shchedrin “Venus”Venus is the goddess of beauty and youth. Theodosius Shchedrin created this sculpture, intending to convey his idea of ​​female beauty. The woman, presented in the form of a sculpture, amazes the viewer with the smoothness and accuracy of her forms. The construction of her figure is characterized by softness and waviness, and the pose […]...
22. Description of the sculpture by Francois Auguste Rodin “The Thinker”The “Thinker” is the pinnacle of the creative work of the French sculptor of the second half of the 19th century, Auguste Rodin. Initially, the author called the statue “The Poet”, implying the creator of the Divine Comedy Dante Alighieri. The work was made to order by the Museum of Decorative Arts for two years […]...
23. Description of the sculpture by Francois Auguste Rodin “Citizens of Kale”From the middle of the nineteenth century, a conversation was held in Calais to keep the memory of great people for many years. For this it was necessary to create a monument in which you can see the feelings of the French: and discomfort due to surrender, and the worship of the heroic dedication of […]...
24. Description of the sculpture by Francois Auguste Rodin “Eternal Spring”Imagery and symbolism, perhaps, this is the basis of the sculptural group “Eternal Spring” by Auguste Rene, a French sculptor, whose heyday came in the late 19th century. The rhythm of life, the foundations of society, changed, and the artist felt impending changes before others. His art is original and innovative. “Eternal Spring” – represents […]...
25. Description of the painting by Alexander Cabanel “The Birth of Venus”The erotic work of the artist Cabanel is currently located in Paris, in the Orsay Museum. The author of “The Birth of Venus” was one of the most popular favorites of the public, he was adored by the rulers. And the reason for this love of the people and the rulers was simple – he […]...
26. Description of the painting by Jean-Auguste Ingres “Venus of Anadimeon”The painting “Venus of Anadimeon” was painted by the famous French artist Jean-Auguste Ingrom in 1848. Writing a canvas, just 1.63 meters high and 92 centimeters wide, took nearly 40 years. In 1808, the artist began working on a painting, wrote half of it, and for four decades he did not dare to take up […]...
27. Description of the painting by Lucas Cranach “Venus”Lucas Cranach Sr. portrayed Venus, based on the ideal of feminine beauty, which was popular in the Renaissance. A thin, even anemic figure, light skin pale to blue, large bulging eyes, some kind of emaciated angularity in the figure, high forehead, thin arms and legs, long thin fingers – these parts of the body tried […]...
28. Description of the sculpture by Francois Rodin “Danaid”Artists are often not always accepted by ordinary people. After all, for the most part, everyone who is not related to creativity, does not have a certain mindset, can not understand very many paintings by artists, sculptures and other works. One of the famous cultural figures was Rodin. He was born in the middle of […]...
29. Description of the painting by Jean-Francois Millet “Angelius”“Angelus Domini” is the name of the Catholic prayer, which is read three times a day – in the morning, at lunch and in the evening. The bells on Catholic churches in the old days called on believers to pray, and three times a day both cities and villages were filled with a festive bell […]...
30. Description of the painting by Jean-Francois Millet “The Sower”The early works of the artist clearly show us the mood of the time. The famous canvas “The Sower” shows us a peasant who, with a simple movement, tries to throw seeds into the ground. This is a simple peasant, rather poor, exhausted by hard work. Striding wide, he tries to sow a new crop. […]...
31. Description of the painting by Jean-Francois Millet “Collector ears”The painting “Collector of Ears” was painted in 1857 and is currently in the Paris museum of Orsay. Materials for the creation of the work served as oil and canvas. The dimensions of the canvas are 84 by 111 cm. In the picture we see a group of women working in the field. Warm, dull […]...
32. Description of the sculpture by Francois Auguste Rodin “Kiss”Kiss… alluring, intoxicating, gentle, long-awaited. There are plenty of epithets for him. Since the time of Plato, people have been puzzled by the question of why lovers like to kiss so much. There is something sacred in the action itself, it was precisely this mystery and unstoppable passion that Rene Francois Roden managed to convey […]...
33. Description of the painting by Giorgione “Sleeping Venus”This painting was created by the Venetian artist Giorgione, who is known throughout the world. Shortly after the start of work on the Sleeping Venus, the artist left this light. And it turned out that the picture remained unfinished. It is known that Giorgione independently managed to write Venus. But the authorship of the rock, […]...
34. Description of the sculptural composition of Francois Auguste Rodin “Gates of Hell”Auguste Rene Rodin – an innovator, impressionist sculptor. For Rodin, it is important to reproduce feelings, impressions in sculpture, to reflect the real world, its variability and mobility. Received in 1885, an order from the government to manufacture the gates of the State Museum of France, Roden set to work three years later, but he […]...
35. Description of the painting by Mikhail Larionov “Venus”Mikhail Larionov painted the picture “Venus” in 1912. At that time, he was interested in manifestations of folk art, children’s drawings and art objects of ancient cultures. Therefore, archaic, simplified, even infantile stylistic resources are easily guessed in the outlines of the lying nude. There are several colors in the image: bright yellow, white, details […]...
36. Description of the painting by Boris Kustodiev “Russian Venus”This is the last big picture of the great Russian artist. Written by him in the last year of his life, when Kustodiyev was already almost completely struck by his serious illness. Feeling the severe pains that spinal tuberculosis causes, Kustodiyev tried to portray the collective image of the Russian village beauty in his picture. […]...
37. Description of the painting by Rembrandt Harmens van Rijn “Venus and Cupid”Believe it or not, this canvas is not written entirely by Rembrandt. The thing is, he just started this painting, and then suggested to his students to finish it. And if not strange students did not remember, but the teachers perpetuated again. But perhaps we can say that Rembrandt was the most chaste of all […]...
38. Description of the painting by Paolo Veronese “Mars and Venus”Paolo Veronese – a bright representative of the Venetian school of painting. There were many famous artists. Paolo Veronese clearly stood out among them. He created many paintings on mythological themes. The bright, expressive, extraordinarily beautiful canvas “Mars and Venus” is a masterpiece recognized throughout the world. The picture is also different in that it […]...
39. Description of the painting by Diego Velázquez “Venus with a mirror”During the life of the artist Diego Velázquez, the Spanish Inquisition had a great influence not only on the lives and customs of people, but also on their work. In those days, images of naked bodies were strictly forbidden. The artist who painted the portrait of a naked man could be sent into exile, deprived […]...
40. Description of the painting by Titian Vechelio “Venus in front of a mirror”Semi-nude Venus looks in the mirror. She is young and beautiful, her cheeks are rosy, and her skin is as white as milk. She admires herself, assesses herself, covering her chest with her hand and smiling faintly. Her legs are covered with a scarlet cape with a fur edge, there are bracelets on her hands, […]...