Description of the painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder “Lucretia”

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1. Description of the painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder “Adam and Eve”This picture of the master of the Northern Renaissance, written around 1526, is sometimes called Russian Cranach due to the fact that it was discovered in Russia at the beginning of the twentieth century, but then sold to the West. In the work of Lucas Cranach the Elder, a German painter of the Renaissance, the […]...
2. Description of the painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder “Saint Catherine”This picture is the central part of the triptych “The Martyrdom of St. Catherine”, made by Cranach in 1506 – when the artist had already worked for several months at the court of Friedrich the Wise. The plot of the triptych refers to a famous Christian legend. At one time in Alexandria, the rule was […]...
3. 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 […]...
4. Description of the painting by Lucas Cranach the Younger “Christ and the harlot”Lucas Cranach the Younger – German painter, who became the successor to the artist Lucas Cranach, part-time his father. The author of famous works of the Renaissance on a religious theme, the young man Lucas recreates Christian images. One of these works was the painting “Christ and the Harlot.” At the heart of the masterpiece […]...
5. Description of the painting by Lucas Cranach “Martin Luther”Cranach Lucas Senior German painter and a bright representative of the Renaissance. He had an individual unique style. He painted the artist, both pictorial and graphic portraits. His works had biblical undertones, despite the fact that usually deeply embedded meaning, looking at the portrait, is very difficult to recognize. Cranach wrote a lot of portraits […]...
6. Description of the painting by Lucas Cranach “Madonna and Child”Many artists depict the most diverse images of the Madonna on their canvases, including those with a baby in her arms. Lukas Cranach Sr. was no exception. The painting “Madonna and Child under an Apple Tree” was painted by him at the beginning of the sixteenth century. The canvas is small in size, it is […]...
7. 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 […]...
8. Description of the painting by Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn “Lucretia”Rembrandt used Lucretia’s classic suicide plot. She decides to settle accounts with life, as she was dishonored by the son of the Emperor of Rome. The artist created two paintings. At the earlier stage, we see a heroine who is just preparing to hit herself with a fatal blow. In her hands a knife. On […]...
9. Description of the painting by Peter Bruegel the Elder “Two monkeys”Peter Bruegel the Elder’s painting Two Monkeys (Two Monkeys on a Chain) was painted in oil on a tree in 1562. Animal genre. The plot is based on two brown monkeys chained to one ring. They sit on a wide low window, which overlooks Antwerp, the bay with ships, towers and houses, lost in the […]...
10. Description of the painting by Konstantin Vasilyev “The Elder”Vasilyev Konstantin Alekseevich lived in the 20th century, was a Russian artist, he is known for his works on mythological and epic themes. In his work, there are more than 400 graphic and painting works. They often use colors and shades like red and gray. The creator was fond of art from folk art: songs, […]...
11. 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 […]...
12. Description of the painting by Peter Bruegel the Elder “Dutch proverbs”Bruegel’s picture Dutch Proverbs contains more than a hundred proverbs, many of which have not been guessed, and some are still used in our life. The art historians are still engaged in identifying many proverbs, and more than a hundred proverbs and popular expressions have already been found in the picture. We see in the […]...
13. Description of the painting by Peter Bruegel the Elder “Artist and Connoisseur”The painting “The Artist and the Expert” (“Self-portrait with the customer”) was made by the Flemish artist Peter Bruegel the Elder in 1565 with ink and pen on paper. Genre – self-portrait. The artist takes the central place of the work, the customer looks over his shoulder. The head of the master is turned by […]...
14. Description of the painting by Konstantin Makovsky “Boyar”Makovsky was a very fashionable painter. His legacy is incredibly great. We see a young woman dressed in traditional Russian festive clothing. The special colorfulness of this dress impresses. The shirt wore a characteristic name – red. This indicated not its color, but that the clothes were beautiful. In this case, the sleeves were necessarily […]...
15. Description of the painting by Fedor Rokotov “Portrait of Surovtseva”The painter Rokotov became famous as a skilled portrait painter. In his preserved creative heritage there are wonderful pair portraits of the Surovtsev couple. A representative of a noble family married the born Pashkov. Varvara Nikolaevna and her husband Surovtsev were painted by Rokotov in portraits in oval frames. A special grace is different style […]...
16. Description of the painting by Vasily Ivanovich Surikov “Siberian Beauty (1891)”The first thoughts that arise when seeing this picture, once again convince us that the true female beauty does not need any decorations. This opinion was shared by the artist himself, who was from Siberia and loved his native country very much. He often used images of his countrymen for writing canvases. It depicts a […]...
17. Description of the painting by Pierre Renoir “Lodge”Perhaps the “Lodge” – one of the most famous paintings by Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Despite the name, the box is marked on the picture only as a minor plan, in the form of several expressive elements. The basis of the work is a double portrait. The foreground is occupied by a woman who has lowered one […]...
18. Description of the painting by Konstantin Somov “Lady in Blue”In the painting “Lady in Blue” Konstantin Andreevich Somov portrayed his close friend and craft colleague – the artist Yevgeny Martynov. The artist created a retrospective portrait by placing his model in a stylized park and dressing her in an old luxurious dress. Some researchers believe that in this portrait Somov portrayed the Beautiful Lady […]...
19. Description of the painting by Edgar Degas “combing woman” (behind the toilet)Painting by Edgar Degas “Woman combing her hair” was highly praised by critics and rightfully belongs to his best works. She is a prime example of French impressionism. The artists of this trend sought to stop time in their painting. Edgar Degas goes further and captures the most simple, but so clear to the viewer […]...
20. Description of the painting by Peter Rubens “Portrait of a womanwoman Infanta Isabella”In 1625, Rubens created a pencil portrait of a female woman. He did not like this type of women. Usually in his paintings you can see the ladies, striking the pomp of bodies. The artist has depicted almost a girl. She is very young. This is a real flower that is very fragile. In all […]...
21. Description of the painting by Gustav Klimt “Athena Pallas” (1898)The originality of the Austrian artist Gustav Klimt lies in portraying women as the main characters of his works. In his canvases it concerns such universally significant themes as death, old age, love, depicted in expressive bright colors, mainly in gold tones. Especially spectacular on his canvases are images of powerful ladies and destructive beauties, […]...
22. Description of the painting by Gustav Klimt “Love”From the beginning of the 90s a new period began in the work of Gustav Klimt. At this time, the artist felt a keen desire to go beyond the academic traditions, despite his popularity in the artistic circles of the Viennese society. In 1895, Klimt painted the picture “Love.” It is one of the works […]...
23. Description of the painting by Konstantin Vasilyev “Waiting”From the creative heritage of Konstantin Vasilyev among more than 400 paintings, the painting “Expectation” is justly distinguished by its impact on the feelings of the viewer. The artwork was done in 1976. Our gaze presents an elongated canvas framed by the wooden frame of a narrow window. Reliably repeated wood pattern hints at a […]...
24. Description of the painting by Mikhail Vrubel “Margarita”Vrubel is a mysterious artist, primarily because he has always been beyond the limits of reason. His mind could not stand the overload and began to act differently. And that is why, through the fog of consciousness, the artist had extraordinary beautiful images. He often painted Demons, referring to the poetry of Lermontov and Pushkin. […]...
25. Gustave Courbet painting description “Woman with a parrot” (1866)The canvas was presented at the Paris Salon in 1866 and immediately won success with the audience, who were always attracted by the beauty of the naked female body. There is an assumption that the Irish woman became a model, serving as a model for other painter canvases. The entire main plan of the picture […]...
26. 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 […]...
27. Description of the painting by Giovanni Tiepolo “Pier Cleopatra”From a young age, the artist Giovanni Baptiste Tiepolo felt an irresistible craving for the history of the world. He read many works about the life of people in the past, swallowed piles of works of art on this subject. So the plot of his masterpiece “Pir Cleopatra” Tiepolo took from the textbook writer Pliny […]...
28. Description of the painting by Jean Ingres “Big Odaliska”“Big Odalisque” – a painting by French artist Jean Ingres, written in 1814. He painted his canvas by order of the Queen of Naples, Caroline Murat. This picture was the most significant and famous achievement in all the works of Ingres. In his canvas, Ingres, imitating the greatest artists of the Renaissance, idealized and perfected […]...
29. Description of the painting by Vasily Maximov “Who is there?”The picture of the 19th century Russian artist Vasily Maksimovich Maximov “Who is there?” Can be seen today at the exposition in the Ryazan Regional Art Museum. The picture tells the viewer about the domestic story of peasant life. In a simple peasant hut near the door stands a peasant girl or a peasant woman […]...
30. Description of the painting by Alexander Golovin “Flowers in a Vase”A characteristic feature of the work of the artist Alexander Yakovlevich Golovin is the depiction of bright and incomparable still lifes. The author especially liked to paint still lifes with various colors: from noble ones, such as roses, to simple and unusually beautiful modest wildflowers. Flowers are the central image of his compositions. Still life […]...
31. 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 […]...
32. Description of the painting by Vasily Tropinin “Self-portrait on the background of a window overlooking the Kremlin”No one has ever discussed such a legendary person. But this artist has the right to much, at least for such a small story. Fame came to him too late at forty-seven, but this was not at all because he wanted it so much, but because the fate was ordered. Tropinin is not an ordinary […]...
33. Description of the painting by Rembrandt Harmens van Rijn “Bathsheba”Rembrandt depicted the scene, which is described in the Old Testament. One day King David stepped onto the roof of his palace. From there he saw a beautiful woman who was bathing. David became very interested in who she is. It turned out that her name is Bathsheba, and she is married. The king ordered […]...
34. 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 […]...
35. Description of the painting by Henri Matisse “Blue Nude”In 1952, Matisse finished working on a series of canvases that had a common name – “Blue Nude”. The canvases depicted a female figure, which was skillfully combined with abstract designs and shapes. The artist loved to depict the female body in space in the same position – the figure always had crossed legs, with […]...
36. Description of the painting by Ivan Kramsky “Portrait of an unknown” (Nezkakomka)Kramskoy is a very famous artist, who has famous and unusual works of art. For example, one of his most famous masterpieces is a painting titled “Portrait of an Unknown.” This work is full of mystery and mystery, this is its peculiarity. The portrait is fraught with some intrigue. The mystery of this canvas has […]...
37. Description of the painting by Orest Kiprensky “Portrait of Avdulin”In 1823, the Russian artist Kiprensky completed the work on a portrait of a woman who later became recognized as one of the best in the genre of romanticism. He wrote in Paris to Catherine Avdulin, the spouse of a major general who was a big fan of secular balls and acquaintances with people of […]...
38. Description of the painting by Francisco de Goya “Dressed Maha”The most famous work of the artist – “Mach dressed.” Many argue about who was the model with which this famous painting. Some say that before us is the Duchess of Alba. But today, researchers are confident that not one girl posed for the painter. The picture is incredibly realistic. Surprising skill Goya, who managed […]...
39. Description of the painting by Fedor Rokotov “Portrait of an Unknown Woman in a Pink Dress”Lyric portrait of an unknown lady – one of the famous works of the artist. A warm look and a charming smile betrays an incomparable beauty with charm of understatement. The soft translucent look of the unknown is surrounded by ash-pink hues. In appearance, clothing and jewelry can be judged on the ideals of beauty, […]...
40. Description of the painting by Pablo Picasso “Serenade”The painting was written in 1942. This is one of the paintings, the plot of which the artist called serenades. He wrote several pictures with this name in different years. Picasso is recognized as the most expensive genius of artists. The uniqueness of his paintings amazes and breaks the usual perception of reality. In the […]...