Description of the painting by Mikalojus Čiurlionis “Sonata of the Sun”

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1. Description of the painting by Mikalojus Čiurlionis “Sonata of the Stars”The sky landscape depicted by юрurlionis is a vivid example of symbolism in painting. Mikalojus Čiurlionis is an absolutely unique artist in many respects, his creative life is very short – only seven years, for which he created more than 300 paintings, some of them recognized as masterpieces of world art. The artistic style of […]...
2. Description of the painting by the paintings of Mikalojus Čiurlionis “Sonata of the Sea”The widely known “Sonata of the Sea” is a “suite” of three paintings by Ciurlionis, which is considered to be one of his most beautiful works. The musicians call the sonatas of the play, in which there is a struggle between several sometimes completely opposite themes, and the main melody sounds in the finale. Mandatory […]...
3. Description of the painting by Mikalojus Čiurlionis “Forest”Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis is an artist who sang the beauty of Lithuanian nature, but not in the usual sense. Many critics see in his paintings something cosmic, the struggle of heaven with the earth. He puts art to a new level, presenting evolution not as a natural process, but as the influence of higher powers. […]...
4. Description of the painting by Mikalojus Čiurlionis “Friendship”Mikalojus Čiurlionis was a very quiet and dreamy man. Born in Lithuania, in 1875. He lived his life richly, but not for long – only 36 years. The musician and the artist in one person, he loved to work around the clock, although he constantly lacked the means for living. He perfectly finely and mentally […]...
5. Description of the painting by Mikalojus Čiurlionis “Rex”A multifacetedly talented person, Čiurlionis tried himself in many kinds of creativity. His literary tests and musical scores became revelations for contemporaries. However, his paintings make a difficult impression. The style of symbolism allows you to hide the meaning in a sense, like a nested doll. And who knows how many of these dolls are […]...
6. Description of the painting by Mikalojus Čiurlionis “Paradise”Mikalojus Čiurlionis is a famous Lithuanian artist and composer. The picture opens before us a beautiful world unknown to us, shows the viewers all the beauty of the other world. This work is filled with purity and beauty, the unusual landscape and characters depicted on the canvas. Čiurlionis combined his talents in painting and music […]...
7. Description of the painting by Mikalojus Čiurlionis “Signs of the Zodiac”The end of the 20th century in painting is characterized by the formation of symbolism and neo-romanticism. In this period, the flowering of creativity of the Lithuanian artist Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis begins. Pictures of the artist admire their mystery and persuasiveness. But the special quality is the original art form. The works in nature resemble […]...
8. Description of the painting by Mikalojus Čiurlionis “Creation of the World”Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis is a very unique and amazing phenomenon in all the art of the world; to this day, the works of the creator arouse very turbulent emotions and spiritual admiration for creativity. Pictures of the artist move us to the edge of eternal fantastic beauty. His canvases were very famous in the Soviet […]...
9. Description of the painting by Mikalojus Čiurlionis “The Tale of Kings”Combining painting and music seems an incredible task, but not for the Lithuanian composer, musician and artist Mikalojus Čiurlionis, who managed to make the painting literally resound, and the colors respond to the rhythm of music. This extraordinary genius of art, is the author of many musical compositions and artistic works. The young musician and […]...
10. Description of the painting by Mikalojus Čiurlionis “Funeral Symphony”The cycle of paintings created in 1903. Čiurlionis was a science fiction painter. But the most suitable word for defining his painting is phantasmagoria. The artist creates a real cosmos in which sounds, colors and forms intertwine in an odd way. A person simply has no place in it. That is why he portrays not […]...
11. Description of the painting by Makaloyus Čiurlionis “Truth”This picture is mysterious, but how much food provides for reflection! How much you can think of looking at this canvas. Truth is a capacious concept and truth is not always the final instance for mortals. As a rule, the truth is hidden from us and we reach the truth only when we ourselves want […]...
12. Description of the painting by Nicholas Roerich “The Castle is doomed”The painting depicts a mighty castle, which, apparently, no century is among the sharp rocks. The background is a formidable, almost black sky. The windows of the castle reflect a red glow, perhaps a raging battle nearby. The sky, filled with bloody colors, should symbolize the imminent onset of war. The scarlet shades are the […]...
13. Description of the painting by Arkhip Kuindzhi “On the island of Valaam”The picture was painted in 1873 in oil on canvas. This canvas is included in the collection of the State Tretyakov Gallery. Kuindzhi is a great Russian artist whose works have become the cultural heritage of our country. They are known worldwide and can compete with the paintings of the most famous artists. Balaam Island […]...
14. Description of the painting by Paul Gauguin “Tahitian pastoral”The most beautiful works of art in Gauguin are themes related to the tropical island, which became the inspiration for the artist. In his painting Tahitian Pastoral, Gauguin wants to get unity in form and in palettes. The picture is made in warm colors that accurately convey the mood and atmosphere in this exotic island. […]...
15. Description of the painting by Pablo Picasso “Dryad”Pablo Picasso painted a magnificent overall painting “Dryad” or “Nude in the Forest”, painted in oil on canvas in his African period. The art of Africa has always attracted the artist. He admired the exhibits in museums, admired the unusual attraction force of the magic of sculptures, which were often rough, but very attractive. The […]...
16. Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “Bathing Sheep”Created in 1877, materials – oil on canvas; dimensions – 46 by 62 cm. Exhibited at the Art Museum named after V. P. Sukachev, Irkutsk, Russia. An impressed artist dedicated several works to this topic, the most famous of which is in Odessa. This is distinguished by pastel ease, it is hard to believe that […]...
17. Description of the painting by Alexander Viktorovich Shevchenko “Musicians”The canvas, painted by Russian avant-gardist Alexander Viktorovich Shevchenko, radiates the magic of music and its beauty. In the center of the image can distinguish the figure of a man and a woman. A man stands, slightly bowing his head, holding the violin with his left hand, and a bow with his right. The artist’s […]...
18. Description of the painting by Sylvester Feodosevich Shchedrin “View of Sorrento near Naples”Sylvester Shchedrin, growing up in a family of artists, decided to follow in the footsteps of his ancestors and devote his life to drawing. The most realistic transfer of natural motifs, which contains the author’s feelings and impression of the spectacle, became the main task of Sylvestre Shchedrin. A visit to Naples helped the artist […]...
19. Description of the painting by Peter Rubens “Castle of the walls”After the great Flemish painter Rubens acquired the Castle of the Walls in 1635, a new period began in the work of the painter, who was named Stenova. The painting “Castle walls” refers to this period in the works of the artist. Walking through the castle and inspired by the picturesque surroundings, Rubens focuses on […]...
20. Description of the painting by Arnold Beklin “The Island of the Dead”The basis of this picture is the ancient myths that tell about the last refuge of dead heroes and those whom the gods loved. They rest on a lonely island, lost from human eyes. The shores of the island are washed by the waters of an underground river, which has crystal clear waters with a […]...
21. Description of the painting by Mikhail Vrubel “Sadko on the bank of Ilmen-lake”Vrubel, like no one, knew how to portray a fairy tale on his canvases. His imagination had no limits, his work did not tolerate platitudes. He drank deeply, walked a lot, played gambling. By the end of his life, the artist was completely mad. The author’s lifestyle was ruined by the author, but made his […]...
22. Description of the painting by Georges Seurat “White dog”Georges Seurat may not have been as well-known to the general public as representatives of impressionism, but he entered the history of world culture as the founder of neo-impressionism, and he also invented his color transfer technique in paintings, which was called pointillism or divisionism. The main feature of pointillism is the dotted application of […]...
23. Description of the painting by Wassily Kandinsky “Gravity”Catherine “Gravity” Vasily V. Kandinsky wrote in 1935. On a dark background, the artist depicted a composition of clear lines, circles and squares. The center of the canvas, he marked a kind of axis from one horizontal line and several vertical ones. In the upper left corner of the canvas, he placed a square, marked […]...
24. Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “Black Sea”The painting of Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky “Black Sea” has an amazing property, like all the masterpieces of the artist. Looking at the landscape depicted before our eyes, there is a feeling of presence in the thick of the vast expanses of the Black Sea. The composition is harmoniously divided into two equal parts, where the […]...
25. Description of the painting by Nicholas Roerich “Holy Island”1917; canvas, tempera; 49 x 77; The Russian Museum. The picture of Nicholas Konstantinovich Roerich “Holy Island” depicts the steep, inaccessible rocky coast of a lonely standing island. On the summit, on the side of the majestic cliff far from the viewer, stands several individual trees. These are tall thin-barred pines stretching towards the sky, […]...
26. Description of the painting by Paul Gauguin “Vision after the Sermon”“Vision after the sermon” is the artist’s first work on faith. Gauguin wrote it under the great impression of the religiosity of the Breton women, whom we see on the canvas. The picture attracts attention with its composition. It is as if divided diagonally by a tree trunk. This symbolic device, borrowed from the Japanese […]...
27. Description of the painting by Paul Gauguin “Women of Tahiti”The history of this painting began in 1891, when Paul Gauguin decided to make an auction out of his works, and decided to go on a trip to an island called Tahiti with the money raised at the same time. It was on this island that another series of paintings by Gauguin began. He was […]...
28. Description of the painting by Martiros Saryan “Street. Noon. ConstantinopleMartiros Saryan is an artist born in the south of Russia. Here he graduated from art school and wrote his first works that did not get much success. At 21, the young artist decided to go to his homeland, to Armenia, and then to the East. Since that time, began the worldwide fame of the […]...
29. Description of the painting by Igor Grabar “Rowan”Cloth “Rowan” by Igor Emmanuilovich Grabar belong to a rather late period of the artist. The picture is dated 1924. It was during this period, after a break of almost fourteen years (when the artist was engaged in scientific activity and practically did not write) Grabar again takes up a brush. Building a picture is […]...
30. Description of the painting by Alexei Savrasov “Summer Landscape”Written in the sixties of the XIX century. The exact date is unknown. Materials – oil on canvas, size 27 by 38 cm. Located in the Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia. Alexey Kondratievich is an unsurpassed master of the Russian landscape, on the canvas of which nature is depicted a great number of times, he lives […]...
31. Description of the painting by Albrecht Bloch “Winter”The famous American artist Albert Bloch was a supporter of modernism in painting. And like other adherents of this trend in art, he sought to find and approve completely new, previously unseen directions of pictorial art. One of his most popular works is the composition “Winter”. The combination of color solutions does not quite match […]...
32. Description of the painting by Arkhip Kuindzhi “Step”Arkhip Kuindzhi is not a simple painter. This is an amazing, kissed by God, artist who owned such a fantastic craft how to work correctly with color, light on the canvas. The magic of his art is that he skillfully used colors and of course color and light. Yes, so skillfully that sometimes it seemed […]...
33. Description of the monument to the hare in St. PetersburgThere are several legends associated with this building. Residents of the city of St. Petersburg wanted to perpetuate the memory of hares. One story tells how Peter first saw the animal on an island in the mouth of the Neva River. He commanded here and start building the city. And the island itself was called […]...
34. Description of the painting by Alexander Benois “Parade under Paul I”In 1907, Benoit performed a series of works on historical subjects, which included the painting “Parade under Paul I”. This was due to the order of the publisher I. N. Knebel for his “Russian History in Pictures”. In addition to the works of Benoit, the book contained paintings by Dobuzhysky, Serov and other masters of […]...
35. Description of the painting by Vincent van Gogh “Skull”The picture with the skull belongs to the Antwerp period of the artist, when he studied at the Royal Academy of Arts, receiving a classical university education. Skeletons and skulls – as the basis of anatomy – were mandatory in the program of academic drawing. In the period of formation of the creative style of […]...
36. Description of the painting by Konstantin Korovin “Winter”In his painting “Winter”, artist Korovin expressed a feeling of love for nature. The beauty of the winter landscape is revealed to our eyes. In the middle of white snow there is an old house of logs, and because of the open gate you can see the doors open. Apparently, the farmer was in a […]...
37. Description of the painting by Ivan Khrutsky “Flowers and fruits”The central place of the picture, despite the abundance of various details, is occupied by a vase with the image of animals walking in the wild nature. Apparently, it is made of porcelain, although it may be that it is made of metal, since its color has a dark green tint. In the vase, the […]...
38. Description of the painting by Sandro Botticelli “Self-portrait”Botticelli is rightfully one of the most prominent representatives of the Renaissance. The original style of the master, was received from his teacher, which is largely determined solely in color, his own type of face and attention to detail. On the example of “Self-portrait”, it is clearly seen how the formation of a personal style […]...
39. Description of the painting by Paul Gauguin “Fruit picking”The materials for the creation of the work of Paul Gauguin “Collecting Fruits” served as canvas and oil, the size of the canvas is 128 by 190 cm. The French painter Gauguin wrote this canvas almost at the very end of his life, during his stay on the island of Tahiti. The meaning of the […]...
40. Description of the painting by Anthony Van Dyck “Cupid and Psyche”A fairly well-known mythological story about the union of Amur (or the god of love Cupid) and the mortal girl Psyche, who later was granted the immortality of the gods. Proceeding from giving, the girl’s parents asked Amur to marry her, but he was fascinated by her beautiful beauty and decided to marry her himself. […]...