Description of the painting by Jacopo Tintoretto “The Battle of Archangel Michael with Satan”

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3. Description of the painting by Jacopo Tintoretto “Paradise”Work “Paradise” is the largest canvas in the world. It is impossible to assume that such an ambitious plan of the artist could be embodied in a smaller size. Tintoretto depicted real people and angels on canvas. The foreground of the picture is made by humans, and the angels are in sunshine. The shining center […]...
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5. Description of the painting by Jacopo Tintoretto “Crucifixion”Jacopo Tintoretto wrote the picture “The Crucifixion” in the classic biblical story. The style of writing is characteristic of the mature period of the artist’s creative journey. The work displays a variety of images on which the painter worked for several years. In the center of the composition is the scene of the crucifix with […]...
6. Description of the painting by Jacopo Tintoretto “Self-portrait”Before us is a grandiose self-portrait, which the artist wrote at the age of 70 years. Creation is really impressive to the depths of the soul. As for the flowers, the impression is monochrome. It is no coincidence. That is how the artist affects us on a psychological level. The background is very gloomy and […]...
7. Description of the painting by Jacopo Tintoretto “The birth of John the Baptist”Tintoretto (real name Jacopo Robusti) was born in Venice, in the family of the dyer. Actually, his nickname means “little dyer.” Throughout his life, the artist remained faithful to the artisans’ environment, from which he emerged, living a rather modest life. At first, the boy studied with Titian, and so quickly began to make progress […]...
8. Description of the painting by Jacopo Tintoretto “The creation of animals”On the canvas by Jacopo Tintoretto depicts a classic bible plot. The artist opens up for us, the audience, a veil of secrecy and allows us to see the moment of the creation of the world. The main role on the canvas is, of course, assigned to the figure of God. Artists rarely found the […]...
9. 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 […]...
10. Description of the painting by Jacopo Tintoretto “Introduction of Mary to the temple”Jacopo Robusti (pseudonym Tintoretto, which means “little dyer”) was born and raised in Venice. He got his nickname because of his father, the dyer of silk. The love for drawing in little Jacopo manifested itself since childhood. As a child, he painted the walls with coal and paint of his father. As a young man, […]...
11. Description of the painting by Peter Rubens “Battle with the Amazons”The painting was painted by Rubens in 1618. Who are the Amazons? This is a tribe of women who are known to us from the mythology of antiquity. They constantly hunted and fought. Their main armament was a spear, an ax and a bow, as well as a shield. Most often, the Amazons were depicted […]...
12. Description of the painting by William Turner “Battle of Trafalgar”In the picture, the author tried to depict a great historical event – the Battle of Trafalgar. This bloody battle took place between Great Britain and the French-Spanish army. The naval battle entered history as one of the most significant battles of the Napoleonic war. It received its name from the Cape Trafalgar, located on […]...
13. Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “Sinop battle”The famous Russian marine painter, IK Aivazovsky, wrote all the states of the sea: from serene calm to the ninth wave. Fighting excitement on the water also did not escape the attention of a great artist. He dedicated a number of canvases to the description of battles during the Crimean War. At the end of […]...
14. Description of the painting by Tintoretto “Abduction of Helen”Jacopo Tintoretto’s painting The Abduction of Helena illustrates the ancient Greek myth about the abduction of beautiful Helen. Tintoretto worked in the late Renaissance, so the myths of ancient times were incredibly in demand and enjoyed great popularity. However, the master decided to transfer those significant events occurring many centuries ago, in his real world. […]...
15. Description of the painting by Peter Bruegel “The Battle of Shrovetide and Lent”Peter Bruegel in his picture titled “The Battle of the Maslenitsa and the Fast” personifies a kind of theatrical genre, which is called farcical. The picture has the following preface and plot – we see in front of us the confrontation between Fast and Shrovetide, which personify good and evil and all the facets of […]...
16. Description of the painting by the bas-relief of Michelangelo Buanarrotti “Battle of the Centaurs”The sculptor made his bas-relief from a piece of Carrara marble. It was a donation for the school of San Marco Lorenzo the Magnificent. It depicts a battle scene. If you look closely, you can see quite a boy who holds a stone in his hands. He is trying to throw him. Behind the youngster […]...
17. Description of the painting by Yuri Neprintsev “Rest after the battleThe picture Neprintsev “Rest after the battle” was the result of the painstaking and long work of the author on the characters of the characters. The artist has a great sense of respect for his characters and seeks to bring it to the viewer. A simple pictorial solution does not obscure the main idea of […]...
18. Description of the painting by Viktor Vasnetsov “The Battle of the Scythians with the Slavs”The artist Vasnetsov proved himself as a wonderful master in depicting everyday scenes. He was also interested in the religious theme, and with it the motifs of folk tales. But this does not stop the painter in the skillful mastery of different genres. The historical-historical direction occupies the period of Vasnetsov’s creative work from 1880 […]...
19. Description of the painting by Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin “After the battle”The painting “After the Battle” by Petrov-Vodkin, written in 1923, became an important milestone in the painting of the artist, marking a new stage in his creative quest. Up to this point, all the paintings of the artist did not have a specific time reference and were not specific. The characters of his paintings could […]...
20. Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “Chesmensky battle”The Chesme battle is a heroic episode in the history of the war between the Turkish and Russian navies, which was throughout 1768-1774. From June 25 to June 26, 1770, at night, Russian ships managed to “lock up” the Turks and crush the enemy fleet. During the battle, 11 Russian sailors were heroically killed, and […]...
21. Description of the painting by Paolo Uccello “The Battle of San Romano”Renaissance, as a direction of art, as a rule, glorified the past. With an eternal eye on the old masters, the new masters made the first uncertain tests of the brush, trying on the classicism and academism left by their predecessors. There was no talk of either Cubism or Modernism. Even impressionism was still far […]...
22. Description of the painting by Mikhail Lomonosov “Poltava battle”Mikhail Lomonosov is an inquisitive naturalist, a gifted writer and the wisest philosopher did not bypass such an important area of ​​creative work as the visual arts. He studied the properties of glass and, struck by the extraordinary beauty of smalt – colored glass, became interested in making mosaic canvases. One of such a way […]...
23. Description of the painting by Tintoretto “The Origin of the Milky Way”We see an artistic interpretation of the myth. Jupiter longed for his son to be immortal. The child was given birth to him by an ordinary woman. In order for the baby to live forever, it was necessary to press it to the lush breast of the goddess Juno herself. Her miraculous milk was supposed […]...
24. Description of the painting by Michelangelo Buanarroti “Battle of Kashin”Michelangelo worked on a huge cardboard. For this, he was allocated the premises of the dyer hospital. He fills the canvas with naked soldiers who decide to swim in the heat in the Arno River. But at that time, anxiety was heard in the camp calling for a fight. Michelangelo depicted the soldiers who hastily […]...
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27. Description of the painting by Nicholas Roerich “Heavenly Battle”Quite a few pictures of Roerich contain images of clouds. So in this picture they are assigned a large part of the canvas. Their image is transmitted by the artist in magnificent forms of patterns, aerial and voluminous, so dissimilar to each other. At the top of the sky, the clouds are white, they still […]...
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30. Description of the painting by Salvador Dali “Battle of Tetuan”In 1860, the Spaniards conquered the city of Tetouan in North Africa from the Moroccans. City Council of Barcelona, proud of the victory, ordered canvases for military themes by Mariano Fortuny. The artist has not finished a huge canvas, 300×972 cm in size, and the Battle of Tetuan has been in storage at the Museum […]...
31. Description of the painting by Tintoretto “The Miracle of St. Mark”The picture depicts the phenomenon of a miracle. When early Christians spread their faith around the world, it often happened that pagans did not want to listen to them. So one of the young apostles fell into the hands of a cruel king, who laughed at him and sentenced him to quartering. However, when they […]...
32. Description of the painting by Nicholas Roerich “Armageddon”Roerich is a Russian artist, publicist, an extremely versatile person who gave the world a huge number of paintings. He was distinguished by indefatigable energy, the desire to try everything that life could offer him, as well as intolerance to evil in all its manifestations. “Armageddon” is one of his paintings, deeply symbolic and reflecting […]...
33. Description of the painting by Titian’s “Annunciation”Working on this picture, Titian worked not only with his hands, but also with his fingers, trying to show the image that struck him in a fit of inspiration. He seemed to be trying to fashion the image of the archangels, the Virgin Mary herself and Jesus, his apostles. He worked on this picture for […]...
34. Albrecht Altdorfer’s painting “The Battle of Alexander the Great with Darius”1529 The grand battle is depicted in oil on canvas by a no less ambitious artist. It took Altdorfer not much time to create this masterpiece, as one might imagine looking at the picture. Very rich story, completeness and drawing a lot of details. Truly a great creation. It’s no wonder that this picture became […]...
35. Description of the painting by Leonardo da Vinci “The Annunciation”Quite a long time lasted disputes about the authorship of this picture. Some experts believed that the “Annunciation” was written by Ghirlandaio, while others believed that the painting was painted by the young Leonardo da Vinci. However, after some time, scientists still came to the conclusion that the “Annunciation” refers to the early works of […]...
36. Description of Peter Bruegel’s The Fall of the AngelsBruegel created this canvas under the influence of another artist Bosch. In fact, a little parodied it. As you know, Bosch frightened everything – his faces were ugly, the monsters were scary, everything was somehow creepy. Bruegel created exactly the same creepy representation on the canvas. Only here is an old story, more precisely the […]...
37. Description of the painting by Sandro Botticelli “Mystical Christmas”The theme of the Nativity of Christ was constantly dominated by different artists at different times. But each of them had a completely different vision of this event. So Botticelli, it is very peculiar. It seems to be all the same, everything is familiar to us, but the artist uses a bit of another – […]...
38. Description of the painting by Nicholas Roerich “Purest City – bitterness to the enemies”The work “Purest Hail to the enemies of bitterness” is included in the large collection of paintings that Roerich dedicated to the upcoming war. This work was written in 1912. There was tension all over the world. The world powers were in conflict. Nicholas Roerich did not see anything good in the impending war. He […]...
39. Description of the painting by Peter Bruegel the Elder “The Fall of Rebel Angels”The painting “The Fall of Rebel Angels” was painted by Flemish painter Peter Bruegel the Elder in oil on a tree in 1562 The plot is based on a biblical story about angels that rebelled in pride, symbolically reflecting the end of the world, when humanity mired in cruelty and nonsense will be doomed to […]...
40. Description of the painting by Pierre Renoir “Girls in black”A lot of imagination, elegance of models and a sad kind glance of one of them on us. This canvas Renoir “Girls in black.” And why exactly in black? This may be some kind of uniform of a female gymnasium, or these girls are present at the funeral and therefore black. Although no, it seems […]...