Description of the painting by Paolo Veronese “The Last Supper”

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1. Description of the painting by Paolo Veronese “Lamentation of Christ”The visual art of the time of the Renaissance speaks of a complete spiritual change in popular traditions. Another time comes when some things cease to be relevant, and some gain public recognition. Thus, artists are looking for new ideas according to popular moods. Paolo Veronese, being one of the most prominent representatives of the […]...
2. Description of the painting by Paolo Veronese “Crucifixion. Calvary”Painting by Italian artist Paolo Veronese was created under the great influence of the Renaissance. Its size is 102×102 cm. Painted on canvas with oil. The artist tried to convey and create a crucifix on canvas, where the reality of death and the passion-suffering torment of Christ reunited into one whole and do not overwhelm […]...
3. Description of the painting by Paolo Veronese “Adoration of the Magi”Among the outstanding Venetian artists with interest you have to watch the works of Paolo Veronese. Like other famous masters of the 16th century, he was interested in religious painting. On this extensive and deep topic created the painting “The Adoration of the Magi.” A large canvas with oil paints with a popular biblical storyline […]...
4. Description of the painting by Paolo Veronese “Marriage in Cana of Galilee”In the Louvre, exhibited a giant in its scale and striking in magnitude the gift of the creator of the picture – “Marriage in Cana of Galilee.” Painted canvas famous Venetian painter Paolo Veronese throughout the year. In 1563, he completed a grandiose work that was placed in the refectory of a Catholic monastery by […]...
5. Description of the painting by Paolo Veronese “Crucifixion”The picture is not large in its size. Only 24.8X22.2 cm. She entered the Hermitage Museum of Decorative, Applied and Fine Art as early as 1772. Until the end it was thought that this canvas, which is glued to the tree. On the cross, which was raised above the ground, they crucified Jesus Christ. One […]...
6. Description of the painting by Paolo Veronese “The triumph of Mordecai”Paolo Veronese worked on the masterpiece for five years. A canvas with rounded edges adorns the Doge’s Palace in Italy. Historians did not manage to establish the exact date of the writing of the “Triumph of Mordecai”; presumably, the picture was completed in the mid 80s of the XVI century. The composition is pompous and […]...
7. Description of the painting by Paolo Veronese “Mars and Venus”Paolo Veronese – a bright representative of the Venetian school of painting. There were many famous artists. Paolo Veronese clearly stood out among them. He created many paintings on mythological themes. The bright, expressive, extraordinarily beautiful canvas “Mars and Venus” is a masterpiece recognized throughout the world. The picture is also different in that it […]...
8. Description of the painting by Paolo Veronese “The abduction of Europe”Looking at the painting by Paolo Veronese. Which has a rather well-known and symbolic name “The Abduction of Europe”, immediately evokes the memories of the myths of ancient Greece, the unsurpassed beauty of young Europe and the perseverance of the loving Zeus. The canvas itself is quite large-scale: it reaches a width of 3 meters […]...
9. Description of the painting by Paolo Veronese “The Conversion of Saul”In the visual art of the XVI century – the time of the decline of the Renaissance – the topic of complete spiritual change was very popular. After the hymn of the Renaissance hymn of sensuality and materiality, other times come when it all starts to lose its relevance. And artists find new ideas for […]...
10. Description of the painting by Paolo Veronese “The Triumph of Venice”The oval-shaped canvas adorns the ceiling of the Great Council Hall in the Dodge Palace in Venice. On the creation of the picture took about 5 years. The exact date of writing is unknown, it is believed that the “Triumph of Venice” was created somewhere between 1580 and 1585. The composition shown to the viewer […]...
11. Description of the painting by Paulo Veronese “Feast in the house of Levi”Paolo Veronese presented his work “Feast in the House of Levi” to the monastery, and a few months after that, he appeared before the court for distorting the biblical plot. An analysis of the work revealed many unacceptable inconsistencies that the Inquisition did not just criticize, but signed the death sentence to the creator. The […]...
12. Description of the painting by Ilya Repin “The Last Supper”The great artist Ilya Repin created his masterpiece The Last Supper in 1903. Now the picture is in the Novgorod State Museum. The work was canceled. This is one of the biblical scenes. There are a lot of candles and lamps on the table, so the room is well lit. It is light that creates […]...
13. Description of the painting by Nicholas Ge “The Last Supper”Today, Ge’s painting The Last Supper is considered a mighty piece, reflecting the artist’s perception of the biblical myth. In a small room with high ceilings and stone walls, in one of the houses of the city of Jerusalem is an ordinary couch on which Jesus leaned with his head bowed. Young John is at […]...
14. Description of the painting by Leonardo da Vinci “The Last Supper”The Last Supper is a fresco by Leonardo De Vinci, which is presented in the form of a scene from the last supper of Christ surrounded by his disciples. The artist created it in the years 1495-1498 in the monastery called “Santa Maria” located in Milan. This work is quite traditional for that era. It […]...
15. Description of the painting by Jacopo Tintoretto “The Last Supper”Tintoretto – a native of Venice, a representative of the school of the late Renaissance, which, however, is very conditional – for his work is characterized by a certain style created by him over the years. It is characterized by a masterful work with light, small details, and a delicate study of the faces. Extraordinarily […]...
16. Description of the painting by Salvador Dali “The Last Supper”The great master of surrealism, Salvador Dali, wrote The Last Supper in 1955. The picture found its place in the Washington National Gallery. The canvas is written with sophisticated technique, photo materials were used to create it. He creates a traditional story, presenting it from a futuristic point of view. The artist depicted a meeting […]...
17. Description of the painting by Giotto Di Bondone “Last Supper” (1304-1305gg.)The picture was painted by the artist in the period from 1304 to 1305. Giotto depicts a special event in Christianity – the Eucharist (Communion), the moment of the establishment of the New Testament. Because of the threat from the High Priesthood, the meeting was secret. The Last Supper is described in all the sources […]...
18. 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 […]...
19. Description of the painting by Diego Velázquez “Christ in the House of Martha and Mary”Diego Velázquez was a big fan of biblical subjects, but he depicted them, like his other paintings in his own way, in his own manner of writing. The painting “Christ in the House of Martha and Mary” was created after long months of painstaking work in 1618 and was Vellazquez’s own interpretation of one of […]...
20. Description of the painting by Viktor Vasnetsov “Christ the Almighty”The canvas “Christ the Almighty” was created by Vasnetsov for 9 years, from 1885 to 1896. The artist depicted the image of Jesus Christ, enclosed in a circle of ideal form, in the central part of the composition, Vasnetsov made the night sky with burning stars as a background for him. Christ’s right hand is […]...
21. Description of the painting by Vasily Perov “Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane”The Garden of Gethsemane is the retreat of Jesus Christ, where he prayed for the abomination of the cup of sins, the night before he was taken into custody. Very rare in visual terms, almost the only work on which there is no image of the very face of Christ. Perov did not accidentally take […]...
22. Description of the painting by Rafael Santi “Madonna Alba”Cloths with images of saints were always in fashion. It enjoyed the same success and many rich citizens of the Middle Ages wanted very much to have in their house a portrait of the Madonna or Christ. But there were also triple portraits. Raphael was the most exquisite painter of the Middle Ages and quite […]...
23. Description of the painting by Michelangelo Buanarroti “Crucifixion of Christ”Many of the works of genius have been lost. This applies to his paintings, which did not survive in battle with time. Many can only guess from the written information of authoritative contemporaries of Michelangelo. Among such lost masterpieces are paintings of Lamentation, Resurrection, and the Crucifixion of Christ. All of them were carried out […]...
24. Description of the painting by Titian Vecellio “Dinarius Caesar”Titian created his grand canvas specifically for Ferrara Alfons dʻEste. The customer himself suggested the plot of this creation. At this time there was a struggle with the popes, and for her the slogan that Caesar needed to pay what was due to him was chosen. Titian was agitated by the philosophical depth of this […]...
25. Description of the Icon of Dionysius “Crucifixion”“Crucifixion” is a classic icon written according to all canons. It does not have the liveliness inherent in the images of saints from the Renaissance masters, there is no grotesque image of hellish creatures inherent in Borges. It is simple and beautiful in this simplicity. The cross depicts the body of Jesus. It is curved […]...
26. Description of the painting by Giotto di Bondone “Crucifixion of Christ”1330; board, tempera; Municipal Museum of Strasbourg. The role of Giotto di Bondone in the development of Italian pictorial art is difficult to overestimate. It was thanks to him that a completely new approach to the image of the spatial dimension in the pictures appeared; they got depth and volume. Mostly the artist worked on […]...
27. Description of the painting by Rembrandt Harmens van Rijn “Appearance of Christ to Mary Magdalene”The picture captures the story when Jesus Christ is Mary Magdalene. After the tragic death, no one expected to see the Son of God again, so his appearance caught the girl off guard. According to the style of the author, the background of the picture is significantly darkened. It seems that the action takes place […]...
28. Description of the painting by Raphael Santi “Carrying the Cross”“Carrying the Cross” is one of the most tragic works of Raphael. It conveys not only the moment of their life of Christ, described in religious sources, but also the human emotions that the author so diligently conveyed. The feeling of grief, helplessness, anxiety and compassion is read in the eyes of the Dev in […]...
29. Description of the painting by Vasily Polenov “Christ and the sinner”Having embodied biblical truths in his canvas “Christ and the Sinner”: “good always triumphs over evil”, “forgiveness is the path to God”, Polenov picked up the appropriate name for it. Initially, it sounded: “Who among you is without sin?”, And the censors replaced: “Christ and the sinner.” Under such a name, the canvas was presented […]...
30. Description of the painting by Michelangelo “The Last Judgment”The fresco by Michelangelo Buonarroti “The Last Judgment” was created by the great Italian artist for 4 years. At the request of Pope Paul III, he painted the famous Old Testament scene on this fresco to adorn the altar wall of the Sistine Chapel. Christ, who is in the very center of the picture, does […]...
31. Description of the painting by Marc Chagall “White crucifix”This is one of the best creations of Chagall. Here the artist’s constant thoughts about what is happening in his contemporary world are fully embodied. Thoughts are incredibly tragic. The tones of the Apocalypse have become major in the works of the painter, written before the war. Crucifixion takes first place among them. The viewer […]...
32. Description of the painting by Mikhail Nesterov “Holy Russia”The spring of 1902 was marked for the artist Mikhail Nesterov by a public review of his painting “Holy Russia”. Here he wanted to apply the iconographic look of his spiritual practice. The basis of the plot are the words from the Bible. The picture shows the winter landscape. The action takes place in Solovki. […]...
33. Description of the painting by Raphael Santi “Transfiguration”Rafael Santi is a famous Renaissance artist who, in his short 37 years, has written many canvases known to the whole world. The greatest glory to Raphael was brought by the painting “The Transfiguration of God”, or the “Transfiguration of Christ” in a different interpretation. A huge canvas was ordered for the Catholic Cathedral in […]...
34. Description of the painting by Rembrandt Harmens van Rijn “Bringing to the Temple”According to the legend, the Elder Simeon could take eternal rest only after he personally saw Christ. The canvas depicts the Old Man himself, the Holy Virgin Mary and little Jesus Christ in the arms of Joseph. The saints arrived at the temple to show Simeon the little Messiah. The main acting characters are surrounded […]...
35. Description of the painting by Guido Reni “Baptism of Christ”Renee in his own way depicts an episode that is well known to everyone. He created this masterpiece at a time when his work was experiencing rapid flourishing. Christ was baptized, and we see the moment when he is already gone out. His head is bowed, and his eyes are modestly lowered. All this suggests […]...
36. Description of the painting by Salvador Dali “Crucifixion”Salvador Dali embodied the embodiment of the Spanish temperament, extraordinary thinking and a peculiar vision of the world in many of his canvases. The great surrealist of the 20th century, Salvador Dali, in his Crucifixion canvas depicted one of the most famous religious scenes – the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. His images, embodied in the […]...
37. Description of the painting by Andrea Mantegna “Dead Christ”The painter of the Italian Renaissance, Andrea Mantegna, painted original canvases that differed from the classical works of the era in a sharp and tough manner. “The Dead Christ” – a mournful picture depicting the gospel plot of mourning for the crucified Jesus, was written simply and easily. But the perspective here is noticeably transformed. […]...
38. Description of the painting by Ivan Kramsky “Christ in the desert”In the center of the picture the artist depicted Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Christ sits among the petrified sandy ruins. Jesus’s gaze is directed inward. He is lost in thought… His legs are bare, the fingers of both hands are fastened in a solid lock. The entire figure of the Master points out to us […]...
39. Description of the painting by Matias Grünewald “The isgenheim altar”Matthias Grunewald, a German by birth, the last representative of the northern Gothic in painting, who created several masterpieces in his short life (perhaps there were many more paintings, but very few of them have survived to this day), Igenheim Altar was considered to be his main work. The work was ordered by monks from […]...
40. Description of the painting by Anthony Van Dyck “The Crowning with a Thorns”Van Dyke is a talented student of Rubens, who wrote his famous painting “The Coronation with a Crown of Thorns” at the very tender age of eighteen. As a child of wealthy parents who supported his talent, he had the opportunity at the age of 16 to open his art workshop. In it he creates […]...