Description of the painting by Fyodor Bruni “Bacchae, singing cupid”

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1. Description of the painting by Fyodor Bruni “Praying for the bowl”The painting “Praying for the Bowl” was painted by a Russian artist of Italian origin, F. A. Bruni, in Rome for the church on the estate of Senator G. N. Rakhmanov. The basis of the picture lay religious motives. To make the color scheme more saturated and expressive, the author used oil paints. The canvas […]...
2. Description of the painting by Fyodor Bruni “The Bronze Serpent”There is an episode in the Bible that seems rather cruel. After the Jews came out of the land of Egypt, they set out on a forty-year journey through the desert in search of the promised land. After some time, people began to grumble – the lack of water, food, deprivation of the way made […]...
3. Description of the painting by Fyodor Vasilyev “Before the storm”Vasiliev is a wonderful landscape painter who has created many works. His paintings are distinguished by lyricism and lightness. Probably the favorite storyline of the painter is a thunderstorm. He has especially many dramatic works on this subject. The work “Before the Thunderstorm” was written by the author at the end of his journey along […]...
4. Description of the painting by Anthony Van Dyck “Cupid and Psyche”A fairly well-known mythological story about the union of Amur (or the god of love Cupid) and the mortal girl Psyche, who later was granted the immortality of the gods. Proceeding from giving, the girl’s parents asked Amur to marry her, but he was fascinated by her beautiful beauty and decided to marry her himself. […]...
5. Description of the painting by Caravaggio “Sleeping Cupid”In the days when Caravaggio began to write this picture, most people firmly believed that the very immersion in sleep can serve as a symbol of liberation from such qualities as sensuality. Knights aspired to him, who in their time gave a vow of celibacy and chastity. The cupid in the picture, too, is immersed […]...
6. 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 […]...
7. Description of the painting by Fyodor Vasilyev “After the rain”The painter Fyodor Vasilyev for his life wrote many landscapes, which were recognized by his contemporaries. The painting “After the Rain”, the artist creates in 1869. Now she is exhibited in Moscow, in one of the halls of the Tretyakov Gallery. At first glance, the simple landscape “After the Rain” attracts the viewer with the […]...
8. Description of the painting by Fyodor Vasilyev “Evening”Fedor Alexandrovich Vasiliev began his artistic career at the age of 17. He specialized in writing landscapes. The young artist sought to capture nature in its various states. Unfortunately, his life was tragically cut short at the age of 23. During his short life Vasiliev wrote more than 100 paintings and managed to get into […]...
9. Description of the painting by Titian “Venus tying the eyes of Cupid”In one of his latest periods of creativity, the artist Titian, who lived from about 1488 to 1576, was literally obsessed. His main obsession was the desire to create paintings that would be full of drama. And the best of all for this purpose were suitable, in the opinion of the artist himself, Christian plots. […]...
10. Description of the painting by Fyodor Vasilyev “Winter”The painting “Winter” written by Vasilyev in 1871. It depicts an endless winding rural road along the forest. Everything around is tightly covered with snow, but on a deserted road there are no traces of a sleigh, a woman and a little boy walk along it. They are so tired and froze from the path […]...
11. Description of the sculpture by Antonio Canova “Cupid and Psyche”The creator of the famous work “Cupid and Psyche” is the Italian author Antonio Canova. The famous master made her marble to order. It was in 1787 in the Italian city of Naples, a Scottish baron Caudor wanted to have such a figure in his collection. The fragment was borrowed from the work “Metamorphosis or […]...
12. Description of the painting by Fyodor Alekseev “Trinity-Sergius Lavra”Alekseev – Russian landscape painter, the famous Russian master of the urban landscape, in fact, the first among Russian painters. Prior to this, artists more praised nature. its beauty and completeness – Alekseev imprinted the cities as places that can tell people much more than they know themselves, even more than some portraits. He began […]...
13. Description of the painting by Karl Pavlovich Bryullov “Turk”The portrait, written by the artist, expresses the level of his skill and ability to feel and convey nature. The portraits of Karl Bryullov are distinguished not only by their high level of technology, but also by the spectrum of emotions, the soul embedded in the canvas. The girl depicted on the canvas is so […]...
14. Description of the painting by Caravaggio “Cupid winner”At the time when Caravaggio created this picture, the patronage of rich gentlemen was very popular. It was created as a competitive basis for Cardinal Francesco Bourbon, who was engaged in particular in that he patronized young and talented artists. This picture was supposed to show the earthly and rather sinful Amur as opposed to […]...
15. Description of the painting by Fyodor Vasilyev “Swamp in the forest”The painting “Swamp in the Forest” was painted by Russian artist Vasiliev from 1871 to 1873. For the basis of its plot, the author chose a swamp in the forest more often during reproduction, which is surrounded by motley-colored autumn trees against the background of an overcast sky. Compared with other works of Vasiliev, this […]...
16. Description of the painting by Arkady Plastov “Spring” (in the bath)The canvas “Spring” was painted by Plastov in 1954, during the “Khrushchev Thaw” period. Then the censorship weakened a little and the criticism that fell on the defiant canvas was not so sharp. Modern society with prejudice reacted to the work of the artist, calling it too vulgar, because the provocative nude woman is right […]...
17. Description of the sculpture by Etienne Maurice Falcone “Dangerous Cupid”At the personal request of the Marquise de Pompadour herself, the famous sculptor creates a small sculpture of the god of love Amur. The marble figurine depicts a winged cute boy and received the name “The Dangerous Cupid”. Since the first exhibition, sculpture has become popular. First, the repeated statuettes were made by the author […]...
18. Description of the painting by William Bouguereau “Cupid and Psyche”The relationship between Cupid and Psyche is a favorite subject of Bouguereau paintings. The work is an excellent example of academic painting. The attention to detail, the idealization of the human body, the exquisite palette and eroticism make the canvas a delight to the eyes. In her there is no edification and morality, she only […]...
19. Description of the painting by Fyodor Vasilyev “Volga lagoon”The painting of the Russian artist Fyodor Vasilyev “Volga Lagoon” depicts a summer gloomy day. The artist loved to travel along the Volga and therefore wanted to show us all the experienced experiences in this picture. Volga became for Vasiliev a source of consumption of various impressions. The tranquility and majesty of the coastal lagoon […]...
20. Description of the painting by Pablo Picasso “Mother Picasso”The portrait of the mother of Picasso is written in a manner completely uncharacteristic of him. A bright representative of Cubism in painting, he painted a portrait of his mother gently, barely perceptibly, lacking in his traditional style. The picture is filled with love. The whole image of a woman just breathes warmth. It becomes […]...
21. Description of the painting by Fyodor Vasilyev “In the Crimean Mountains”The picture has a somewhat sad landscape, most likely, beginning or mid-autumn, the accent of the artist is clearly executed on the stage, which is located in the central part. We see that a carriage pulled by bulls stopped on the road and apparently there was some kind of breakdown, because the driver, with a […]...
22. Description of the painting by Fyodor Vasilyev “Wet Meadow”Fedor Vasilyev gained recognition and popularity in wide and narrow circles during his lifetime. The landscapes of the author attract with their sophistication and greatness of nature. The peculiarity of the work of Fyodor Alexandrovich Vasiliev is to see magic and mystery, power and modesty in an unremarkable landscape. Vasiliev’s skill was revealed precisely in […]...
23. Description of the painting by Alphonse Mucha “Autumn”The fly was one of the most famous modernists – that is, of those who believed that art should be indivisible and proportionate. Widely applying its applied areas – embroidery, bead weaving, painting on fabric – the modernists sought to create the most complete and vibrant image of the reality they perceived. Modern – style, […]...
24. Description of the painting by Fyodor Yakovlevich Alekseev “Red Square in Moscow”1801 The landscape, painted by the artist in oil on canvas during his “business trip” in Moscow, organized for him by Paul I. The task for the artist was as follows: carefully read the way of life of Muscovites and sights of the city and display all this very clearly and in detail in artistic […]...
25. Description of the painting by Mikhail Vrubel “Tsarevna Volkhov”Created by the artist in 1898, the work based on the famous opera still fascinates many viewers. In the center of the composition, Vrubel will stir up the image of a young beauty, sadly folded hands and directing her gaze filled with anguish beyond the bounds of the canvas. The inspiration for this painting was […]...
26. Description of the painting by Fyodor Alekseev “Kolomenskoye (panoramic view)”Fyodor Alekseev is a fairly well-known Russian landscape painter and master of the cave (a detailed image of the ordinary, everyday landscape). It is considered the “Russian Canaletto.” Known for the creation of such works as “Red Square” (1801), “Orphan’s House”, “Interior courtyard with a garden. Loggia in Venice. Kolomenskoye is an equally well-known village […]...
27. Description of the painting by Viktor Vasnetsov “Autumn”In the picture you can see the alley near the country house in the copper-gold decoration of autumn. Autumn is the most lyrical season. Here you can take autumn as a festival of colors and a farewell to a warm summer. This landscape does not inspire sad thoughts about the coming winter, because everything is […]...
28. Description of the painting by Fyodor Vasilyev “Eupraxia”Vasiliev was an artist who amazed everyone with the realism of his paintings. So here, even with a detailed and close enough consideration of the picture, the feeling that you have a photograph or at least a computer graphic image does not leave you. But no, this is really a picture. Before us is a […]...
29. Description of the painting by Fyodor Vasilyev “The Thaw”In artists, probably, like in nature, bad weather is only a conditional category. The sad and cold landscape that is familiar to all of us can perhaps be a subject of inspiration? It turns out yes, maybe. One need only look at the Vasiliev’s “Thaw” picture. Here, how famous and expressively depicted is the famous […]...
30. Description of the painting by Fyodor Vasilyev “Village”It is worth saying, starting the story of Fyodor Vasilyev’s painting “The Village”, that the work itself was written by the artist under the direct impression of his travels around the Tambov province of the Russian Empire, as well as through the provincial towns and villages of Ukraine. That is why, in the canvas itself, […]...
31. Description of the icon by Andrei Rublev “Archangel Michael”Andrei Rublev’s painting “Archangel Michael” is in the Tretyakov Gallery, where it occupies high positions. With this work, the artist seemed to combine all possible best qualities of a person and hope. Michael – the first angel at the right hand of God was always personified as the reliable protection of mankind and his interests. […]...
32. Description of the painting by Fyodor Vasilyev “View of the Volga. Barks “Volga. The most beautiful and widest river in Europe. The most powerful in all parameters that you can think of. The most… There are no words to describe it somehow. It’s all clear. This river has appeared on the canvases of Russian painters so many times that it seems that it is very familiar to […]...
33. Description of the painting by Vincent Willem van Gogh “Vase with red poppies”The painting “Vase with Red Poppies” was painted by Van Gogh in the summer of 1886 after moving to Paris. The Paris period was very fruitful for him, during these years about 250 paintings were painted by the artist. “Vase with red poppies” is one of a whole series of still lifes of the Paris […]...
34. Description of the painting by Thomas Gainsborough “Lady in Blue”Thomas Gainsborough is one of the most famous portrait painters of the late IIIVX century. The painting was finished by the artist in 1780, painted in oil. The original picture is currently kept in the Hermitage. The artist was distinguished by a special property to harmoniously select paints for the image of secular people in […]...
35. Description of the painting by Pierre Auguste Renoir “Lisa with an umbrella”The painting “Lisa with an umbrella” is one of the most lively and voluminous works of the author. The play of light and darkness on the canvas gives the composition a greater volume and expression, which is why the work of art draws the eye to itself. The main figure of the canvas is Liza […]...
36. Description of the painting by Fyodor Alekseev “View of the Palace Embankment from the Peter and Paul Fortress”At one time, Alekseev was called an unsurpassed landscape painter, indeed, considering the painting “View of the Palace Embankment from the Peter and Paul Fortress”, I would like first of all to mention its liveliness and dynamics. Often the works of Alekseev, including this one, were compared with the paintings of the Italian artist Canaletto, […]...
37. Description of the painting by Pierre Auguste Renoir “Grand Boulevards”The canvas of the famous French painter Pierre Auguste Renoir conveys the landscape of one of the streets of Paris. The picture is filled with sunlight illuminating the entire street and people passing by. On the right side of the art is a massive bright building. The picture is painted in the style of impressionism, […]...
38. 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 […]...
39. Description of the painting by Victor Elpidiforovich Borisov-Musatov “Lady in Blue”The painting by Victor Borisov-Musatov “Date in blue” (“Woman in blue”) was created in 1902, made in a mixed technique – pastel and watercolor. Genre – portrait. Style – post-impressionism. In another way, like a lunar portrait, this picture can not be called. Blue and blue shades in combination with light tones fill the picture […]...
40. Description of the painting by Boris Valentinovich Scherbakov “Russia near Moscow”The terrain, distant from the bustle of the city, best conveys the beauty and harmony of the native land. The author chose this particular meadow solely because he saw in it the beauty, the soul of the Russian land. Freshly cut grass is depicted with soft green strokes of various shades. Among the grass one […]...