Description of the painting by Giorgione “Judith”

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2. Description of the painting by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio “Judith and Holofernes”Holofernes was the leader of the army of the famous conqueror Nebuchadnezzar. One of the cities of Vetiluia was besieged by enemies. In this doomed city, and lived Judith. She differed incredible piety and chastity. It was impossible to escape. Then Judith chose the best outfit and boldly went straight to the enemies. She fully […]...
3. Description of the painting by Sandro Botticelli “Return of Judith”The great Italian artist of the Renaissance – Sandro Botticelli is the author of many of the greatest works that became the heritage of world culture, among which can be noted the canvas entitled “The Return of Judith” written between 1472 and 1473. Judith is a biblical character, a widowed girl who, according to legend, […]...
4. Description of the painting by Lucas Cranach “Judith with the head of Holofernes”A painter and graphic artist, master of genre sketches and compositions on biblical themes. This artist was able to synthesize in his work artistic installations of the Renaissance and Gothic traditions. In his works he developed an elegant style where figures and landscape harmoniously combined into a single whole. Working in the heat of the […]...
5. Description of the painting by Gustav Klimt “Judith with the head of Holofernes”Judith is a feminine character; she is a widow who saved her entire Jewish race from enemies. Assyrians besieged her hometown, the widow had to change clothes and go to the camp of the damned foe. She was a very attractive maiden and the commander of the enemy side could not ignore her charms. In […]...
6. 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, […]...
7. Description of the painting by Giorgione “Portrait of a Young Man”Full of unsolved mysteries, a picture of Barbarelli da Castelfranco Giorgione “Portrait of a Young Man” is not at all like typical portraits of the Renaissance. A characteristic feature of portraiture of the Renaissance is, above all, the direct gaze of the person portrayed to the viewer, the emergence of a sense of “pursuit” of […]...
8. Description of the painting by Giorgione “Self-portrait”This work belongs to the late works of the famous Venetian artist. It is believed that she originally depicted the scene of the biblical confrontation between David and Goliath, but later the lower part of the picture with the giant warrior was cut out. Giorgione is a progressive artist of his time. He rethought the […]...
9. Description of the painting by Giorgione di Castelfranco “Three Philosophers”Giorgione di Castelfranco is one of the outstanding Italian talents of the High Renaissance and one of the best students of the Venetian school of painting. Born in 1476, in a small town near Venice. Being a pupil of the eminent Giovanni Bellini, the young talent has absorbed all the richness and depth of his […]...
10. Description of the painting by Giorgione “The Adoration of the Shepherds”Unlike most of his contemporaries of his time, and we are talking about the era of Venetian masters, Giorgione did not try and did not write large compositions with a large number of figures on it. On the contrary, in most of his works this artist was laconic, and he expressed the essence of the […]...
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12. Description of the painting by Giorgione “The Thunderstorm” (Storm)Venetian painter Giorgione struck everyone with his Thunderstorm. The viewer will not see a specific plot here. The main character of this picture is the thunderstorm. The artist relegated the background to the brilliance of a lightning arrow, which, like a snake, flashed in the air. Immediately on the right and left, the foreground displays […]...
13. Description of the painting by Giorgione “Laura”This portrait of a beautiful stranger was written a long time ago, in the 16th century. If we compare its size with other famous canvases of those times, we can see that it was rather small. What is the length that the width of the canvas did not reach half a meter. He painted with […]...
14. Description of the painting by Giorgione “The Three Ages of Life”Painted in oil on canvas in 1500-1501. (according to other versions, the interval from 1500 to 1510), is located horizontally, the size is 62 by 77.5 cm. It is located in Palazzo Pitti, Florence, Italy. Giorgio Barbarelli da Castelfranco (full name of the artist) – the famous representative of the Venetian school, which was one […]...
15. Gustav Klimt’s painting “Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II”Can Adele Bloch-Bauer be considered a kind of “muse” by Gustav Klimt? In a certain sense, perhaps, yes. Since this young woman served as a model for as many as four works by an Austrian artist: “Judith I”, “Judith II” and, in fact, two portraits of the heroine numbered I and II, written in 1907 […]...
16. Description of the painting by Gustav Klimt “Salome” (1909)The artist, who created the canvas with the image of Judith, 8 years later embodied another archetype of a fatal beauty not in the image of a biblical character, but in the guise of his contemporaries – the inhabitant of the Austrian capital, as indicated by her fashionable outfit and jewelry. This ambitious and independent […]...
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