Description of the painting by Jean-Auguste Ingres “Madonna in front of the cup with the participle”
Jean-Auguste Dominique Ingres – the main face of nineteenth-century academicism. Known both as an artist and as a musician – in his youth he played in an opera orchestra. Almost half of adult life spent in Italy. Conventionally, the master’s work is divided into several stages. As an artist, he formed early; Engra had a great influence on the art of the Middle Ages. In the first Italian period (1806-1824) he painted pictures very close to romanticism. In Paris in the twenties he became interested in neoclassicism, but constantly went beyond the framework of this genre, because of which he had to break with the Paris Salon. Ingre believed that after Raphael the development of art went in the wrong direction, and that his task was to continue painting from the Renaissance level, crossing out all subsequent artistic achievements.
The painting “Madonna before the cup of communion” was written during
In the center of the picture we see the Madonna, brightly lit in gold. The light source is outside the picture, the light comes from the viewer. The woman’s eyes are modestly lowered, but the flirtatious half-smile on her face makes a contrast with the classic religious storyline. Cloth to the limit is filled with characters. The number of items on the table is equal to the number of characters – in fact, the objects of the characters personify. Candlesticks are masculine symbols, the feminine essence is represented by a rounded prosphora. In Russia, the picture was not fully appreciated; numerous critics have complained that it is essentially Catholic and is not related to Orthodoxy.