Description of the painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder “Saint Catherine”

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1. Description of the painting by Santi Raphael “Saint Catherine of Alexandria”Many Renaissance artists depicted the image of St. Catherine. The famous Italian brush master Raphael, who portrayed the Christian martyr St. Catherine, who leaned on the wheel, was no exception. The canvas was supposedly created in 1507, when Rafael decided to move from Florence to Rome. It should be mentioned that the very bend of […]...
2. Description of the painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder “Lucretia”Antique scenes were very popular in Germany during the Renaissance. The basis for the plot of the canvas of the great painter was the events associated with the legendary Roman heroine – the beautiful Lucretia, the moral wife of the patrician, raped by the king’s son and unable to survive the shame and humiliation. The […]...
3. 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 […]...
4. Description of the painting by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio “Saint Catherine Alekscandria”Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio is considered the founder of realism in painting. After him there was not a single sketch or drawing – Caravaggio immediately embodied all his ideas on canvas. The life of the artist was very peculiar. Distinguished bold and quick-tempered, he constantly fell into some dark stories, was the instigator of fights, […]...
5. 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 […]...
6. 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 […]...
7. 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 […]...
8. 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 […]...
9. 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 […]...
10. Description of the painting by Dmitry Levitsky “Portrait of Catherine 2”Levitsky painted a picture in 1783. The viewer can present the features of the portrait in the period of classicism. We can understand the features of art, its symbolism and allegory. Catherine is in the temple of the goddess of justice itself. She burns poppy flowers on a special altar. Instead of a crown on […]...
11. Description of the painting by Sandro Botticelli “Saint Sebastian”Sandro Botticelli – a famous Italian Renaissance painter, who devoted his work mainly to the creation of spiritual and religious paintings. The painting “Saint Sebastian”, supposedly created in 1473, is one of the best works of art created by the artist’s brush. It was first seen in 1474, the canvas was exhibited in the church […]...
12. Description of the painting by Fedor Rokotov “Portrait of Catherine II”The portrait of the most famous of the Russian empresses, Catherine II, was painted by adjunct painter Fedor Rokotov in 1763, when coronation ceremonies were held about the sovereign’s accession to the Russian throne. Despite his relatively young age, Rokotov was already a fairly well-known artist by that time, and the highest order was Another […]...
13. Description of the painting by Vasily Vereshchagin “On the Shipka everything is calm…”This picture is part of a large triptych of Vereshchagin about the war under Shipka. But this, as always with this artist, is not an easy part of a triptych. And in general, the very idea of a triptych is not entirely about the war. More precisely, about the war, but not about that combat […]...
14. Description of the painting by Raphael Santi “Saint Sebastian”Renaissance paintings have long been considered classics. Rafael Santi is one of the most prominent artists of the sixteenth century. He is among the three most talented artists of all time, on a par with Leonardo da Vinci. Raphael was able to transmit real life events, giving them magic and mystery. The painting “Saint Sebastian” […]...
15. Description of the painting by Titian Vecellio “Saint Sebastian”At the time of the early Middle Ages, the legend of Sebastian, born in the Roman city of Narbonne, was spread among the population. This young man who went to Rome after studying in Milan became known to Diocletian, the ruler of the empire. He appointed him the commander of one of the cohorts of […]...
16. Description of the painting by Catherine Syromyatnikova “First Viewers”We see the painter’s room. In the foreground is a stool, on which are brushes and a palette. In the corner to the right is a modest bouquet of fresh daisies. The room has a traditional easel for the artist with a painting on which the artist worked. What is depicted on it is unknown, […]...
17. 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, […]...
18. 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 […]...
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21. 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 […]...
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24. Description of the painting by Hieronymus Bosch “Haystack”At the time of the decline of the Renaissance and the flourishing of the Inquisition, society was filled with disturbing prejudices and superstitions. The artists who created in these rebellious times, as they could, tried to clarify the view of the world. Hieronymus Bosch writes from 1500 to 1502. large-scale triptych “Haystack”. The central canvas […]...
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