Description of the painting by Viktor Vasnetsov “The Virgin and Child”

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1. Description of the painting by Mikhail Vrubel “The Virgin and Child”The icon, written back in 1885 by Vrubel, on the one hand corresponds to all the Orthodox canons of iconography, which strictly enough limit the space available to the artist for fantasy, on the other hand, is unusual and original within these limits. Instead of the almost inanimate faces kept in a single strict style, […]...
2. Description of the painting by Viktor Vasnetsov “God of hosts”The master of Russian painting – Victor Vasnetsov completed the hard work on the painting “God of Hosts” in 1896. The painting depicts a Christian deity, begotten by the Lord of forces. In other sources, his activities are associated with liberation wars for the benefit of the captive Jewish people. The story of this mythical […]...
3. Description of the painting by Viktor Vasnetsov “After the slaughter of Igor Svyatoslavich with Polovtsy”Vasnetsov drew the viewer’s attention to the events that took place during the formation of Kievan Rus. However, this picture was written in order to show people courage and courage of the spirit, regardless of the outcome of the war. This picture reveals to us the events that have become legendary and were captured in […]...
4. 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 […]...
5. Description of the painting by Viktor Vasnetsov “Alexander Nevsky”The image of the Grand Duke Alexander Nevsky is found quite often among the works of famous artists. In a sense, it was a state-orthodox cult of personality. Peter 1 himself during the founding of St. Petersburg drew attention to the close location of the city with a memorable place where the Great Alexander once […]...
6. Description of the painting by Viktor Vasnetsov “Bogatyr” (“The Knight at the Crossroads”)Vasnetsov’s painting “The Bogatyr” or “The Knight at the Crossroads” for some reason always evokes associations not with Ilya Muromets, but with Svyatogor, who is looking for where to put strength. Probably because Vasnetsov Ilya of Murom we all know too well “by sight” in the painting “Three Heroes”. However, this is not Svyatogor, and […]...
7. Description of the painting by Viktor Vasnetsov “Red Square”Vasnetsov was especially famous for his grand canvases on the theme of history and architecture. In them with special insight is recreated how Moscow looked in the distant 17th century. For the artist, this century was the most significant, as he believed that the architecture of this time is a real example of style for […]...
8. Description of the painting by Viktor Vasnetsov “The Battle of Dobrynia Nikitich with the seven-headed Serpent Gorynych”The painting was written in 1918. Vasnetsov enters into the life of everyone from early childhood with his pictures-tales and accompanies us throughout his life. Bylina about the fight Dobrynya became the basis of the plot of the picture. It tells about how Dobrynya defeated the serpent and let him go, taking from him the […]...
9. Description of the painting by Viktor Vasnetsov “Tsar Ivan Vasilyevich the Terrible”In this picture, the image of Ivan Vasilyevich the Terrible is transmitted incredibly deeply. Vasnetsov clearly showed how to create a portrait of a historical character, so that it was incredibly lively, as deep as possible and very soulful. We see the terrible just as his contemporaries describe. Most likely, the painter was helped by […]...
10. Description of the painting by Viktor Vasnetsov “Baptism of Prince Vladimir”Vasnetsov, Victor Mikhailovich, was born in the family of an ordinary priest, in 1848. He studied at the local theological seminary, then at the famous Petersburg Academy of Arts. After graduating from it, he went abroad and from 1869 began to exhibit at the academic, and later at traveling exhibitions. Becoming the first painter, and […]...
11. Description of the painting by Viktor Vasnetsov “The House of Tsar Berendey”In 1873, Alexander Ostrovsky wrote his famous play “The Snow Maiden”, which was put on the theater stage. Many masters of that time were engaged in scenery for staging; however, a special place is occupied by the works of Viktor Mikhailovich Vasnetsov. In 1882, he designed the play staged in the Abramtsevo circle. Sketches of […]...
12. Description of the painting by Viktor Vasnetsov “The Battle of the Scythians with the Slavs”The artist Vasnetsov proved himself as a wonderful master in depicting everyday scenes. He was also interested in the religious theme, and with it the motifs of folk tales. But this does not stop the painter in the skillful mastery of different genres. The historical-historical direction occupies the period of Vasnetsov’s creative work from 1880 […]...
13. Description of the painting by Viktor Vasnetsov “Alyonushka”The artist’s work is multifaceted, and the paintings have become known from illustrations for folk Russian fairy tales. Vasnetsov’s painting Alyonushka was painted by him in 1881. It is as if imbued with the lyricism of the image of a girl from the famous fairy tale “Sister Alyonushka and her brother Ivanushka”. With a melancholy […]...
14. Description of the painting by Viktor Vasnetsov “Baba Yaga”Baba Yaga is a literary character of almost all Russian fairy tales, where she is assigned the role of a terrible villain abducting children. But among artists, the theme of fairy tales for some reason did not catch on, because right up to the end of the XIX century, painters prefer to depict something realistic […]...
15. Description of the painting by Viktor Vasnetsov “Sivka burka”Vasnetsov’s canvas tells us all a long-known fairy tale about brothers, among whom there is a younger one and he is a fool. But, as you know, fools are always lucky, so he gets the most good horse, more precisely a cross between a horse, the most beautiful girl who is surely an expert on […]...
16. Description of the painting by Viktor Vasnetsov “Oleg’s farewell to the horse”The creator of artistic masterpieces in the folk and historical genre is the painter V. M. Vasnetsov. Many will recognize the work of this Russian artist from illustrations of fairy tales and poems seen in childhood. “Oleg’s farewell to the horse” – watercolor work for Pushkin’s poem. This work in rhymed form tells the old […]...
17. Description of the painting by Viktor Vasnetsov “The Baptism of Russia”V. M. Vasnetsov is widely known as an artist who embodied religious narratives on his canvases. One of these canvases is the well-known painting “The Baptism of Rus”. The canvas depicts the famous 988 year scene. In the center of the picture – Vladimir Svyatoslavovich, he is Vladimir the Red Sun. Despite the religiosity of […]...
18. Description of the painting by Viktor Vasnetsov “Kashchey the Immortal”The canvas “Koschey Immortal” was written by the famous Russian painter Viktor Mikhailovich Vasnetsov for nine years. It was fully completed only in 1926, chronologically, the picture was his last work. Since childhood, each of us has heard from parents a fairy tale about an old man named Koschey, representing universal evil for the characters […]...
19. Description of the painting by Viktor Vasnetsov “Varygi”This picture was painted by the great Russian painter in 1909. This painter wrote his works on themes of Russian history, epics and fairy tales. He fantasized mainly from the images of Russian folklore. Work done in oil on canvas. The foreground shows the Vikings, who sailed on their ship, previously called rooks. The ancient […]...
20. Description of the painting by Viktor Mikhailovich Vasnetsov “Boyaris (1884)”Vasnetsov was one of the most famous artists of the nineteenth century. He received the nickname “hero of Russian painting,” and one of the first began to depict scenes based on epics and fairy tales. Reproductions of his paintings began to decorate textbooks, candy boxes and other items. Most often, these were such paintings as […]...
21. Description of the painting by Viktor Vasnetsov “Self-portrait”Vasnetsov created his first “Self-portrait” in 1873. The master of the brush was very serious about writing any portrait image, he was sure that there was no need to invent anything in the portrait, you just need to fully see the person. So he created a self-portrait in his vision of himself. The canvas was […]...
22. Description of the painting by Viktor Vasnetsov “Novgorod bargaining”The picture made one of the most famous squares of Novgorod. In the foreground, one can observe trade shops and rows that are permanent, in contrast to the wagons with goods that come here from all sides of the great city. The artist surprisingly conveys the whole atmosphere of that time, and if you look […]...
23. Description of the painting by Viktor Vasnetsov “Spring-red”1885; watercolor; State Tretyakov Gallery. Viktor Vasnetsov, a connoisseur of Russian folklore, a lover of dramatic fairytale plots, appears in an inconvenient inconvenience. The watercolor sketch titled “Spring-Red” is not a separate work, but only a sketch for the artist’s costume for the performance of N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov’s opera The Snow Maiden. The musical performance […]...
24. Description of the painting by Viktor Vasnetsov “Tsarevna-Nesmeyana”The painting “The Tsarevna-Nesmeyana” was painted according to the Russian fairy tale of the same name. It says that the king had a daughter that no one could cheer – she was always sad. He could not look at her, because his parental heart ached from the fact that the girl was withering before her […]...
25. Description of the painting by Viktor Vasnetsov “In the Moscow Kremlin”Historical paintings by Vasnetsov quite accurately illustrate the places of ancient Moscow and are important artistic specimens. His creations have always been based on archaeological essays, as well as artistic and written documents, so they are rightly considered real historical images. In his work “In the Moscow Kremlin”, the artist captured a likely visual view […]...
26. Description of the painting by Victor Vasnetsov “Portrait of A. V. Vasnetsova”Vasnetsov is known for his artwork on fabulous and epic themes. However, the list of themes of his work is extensive. He painted portraits, paintings on household and religious themes. Writing portraits of loved ones helped Vasnetsov create the ideal of national beauty. He believed that the portrait does not need to invent anything. It […]...
27. Vasnetsov Victor. Church of the SaviorArchitecture, like design, fascinated Vasnetsov, the reason for this was his participation in the Abramtsevo art circle, which zealously sought to create modern synthetic art. Vasnetsov became an architect in Abramtsevo. In 1881-1882, the Church of the Savior was not made by hands, it was built according to the project of Vasnetsov, in accordance with […]...
28. Description of the painting by Viktor Vasnetsov “Song of Oleg’s Thing” (Oleg’s meeting with the magician)Creations V. M. Vasnetsov everyone knows since childhood. His paintings served as illustrations for many well-known Russian people to fairy tales and epics. “Song about the Prophetic Oleg”, written by the artist in watercolor at the very end of the XIX century to the ballad of the same name A. S. Pushkin – one of […]...
29. 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 […]...
30. Description of the painting by Viktor Vasnetsov “Autumn”In the picture you can see the alley near the country house in the copper-gold decoration of autumn. Autumn is the most lyrical season. Here you can take autumn as a festival of colors and a farewell to a warm summer. This landscape does not inspire sad thoughts about the coming winter, because everything is […]...
31. Description of the painting by Victor Vasnetsov “Crucifixion of Christ”Viktor Mikhailovich Vasnetsov – a famous Russian artist, widely known in Russia and abroad as the creator of masterpieces on the themes of epics about heroes and Russian folk tales. But few people now know what contribution Vasnetsov’s religious painting made to the development of Russian Orthodox culture. Vasnetsov’s father was a priest, and Victor […]...
32. Description of the painting by Victor Vasnetsov “The Shroud” (Laying in a coffin)State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow. The painting “The Shroud” (otherwise it is called “Laying in a coffin”) was painted by Viktor Vasnetsov in 1901. It depicts the gospel scene of the funeral of the crucified Jesus Christ. In the center of the canvas depicts Christ in full growth, which lies in a coffin. His body is […]...
33. Description of the painting by Victor Vasnetsov “Three princesses of the underworld”This picture Victor Mikhailovich Vasnetsov wrote under the order of Savva Mamontov, who at that time served as chairman of the board of the Donetsk Railway. The plot of the canvas is allegorical. Fairy princess is the embodiment of wealth, hidden in the thick of the earth. In the legends of the Russian people, there […]...
34. Description of the painting by Victor Vasnetsov “Stone Age”Victor Vasnetsov in 1884 began work on a series of paintings, which he called the “Stone Age”. The idea of writing such compositions belonged to an archaeologist, Alexei Uvarov, who offered the work to Vasnetsov. As a result, several paintings were created, which the artist combined in a panel. Now they are in the State […]...
35. Description of the painting by Victor Vasnetsov “Last Judgment”The artist Viktor Vasnetsov created a lot of religious frescoes. For the decoration of St. George’s Cathedral by Vasnetsov in 1896-1904, a painting-fresco “The Last Judgment” was painted, the first variation of which was painted by him in 1885-1896 for the Vladimir Cathedral in Kiev. We will talk more about the first and original version […]...
36. Description of the painting by Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin “Virgin of tenderness of evil hearts”Kuzma Sergeevich Petrov-Vodkin, without a doubt, is one of the most famous artists. This Soviet and Russian painter made a great contribution to the development of graphics, painting and pedagogy. In 1930, Petrov-Vodkin is recognized as an Honored Artist. Many foreign creators influenced his canvases. The paintings of the artist bear the imprint of modernity […]...
37. Description of the painting by Sandro Botticelli “Madonna and Child with Five Angels”The image of Madonn passes a wide line through the entire career of Sandro Botticelli. There are about 15 paintings, where Madonna is present. “Madonna with a baby and with five angels” refers to the early works of the master and was written in 1470. Botticelli’s creative independence during this period was not yet strong, […]...
38. Description of the painting by Victor Vasnetsov “Beggars singers”Painting V. M. Vasnetsov “Beggars Singers” was written in 1873. In his work, the author used oil paints, with which he conveyed on a simple canvas all the pain and despair that people feel penniless. Colors of the picture are very saturated, and human faces are expressive and realistic. Vasnetsov displayed the truth for what […]...
39. Description of the illustration to the fairy tale “The Little Humpbacked Horse” by Yury VasnetsovIn 1935, Vasnetsov completed illustrations for the fairy tale of P. P. Ershov “The Little Humpbacked Horse”. Yury Vasnetsov depicted the images of fairy tales bright and special. In each created picture, he used the method characteristic of him, which is inextricably linked with folk art. The artist brings the principles of folk art into […]...
40. Description of the painting by Peter Rubens “Madonna and Child”In the painting by Peter Paul Rubens, “Madonna and Child”, there is an image of Our Lady with Jesus in her arms. The image of holy people is always attributed to religious subjects. However, here we do not see any references to the Bible writings. We can say that we have a household story: a […]...