Savrasov Alexey – “Rafts”
Year of painting: 1868. Dimensions of the painting: 85 x 110.5 cm. Material: canvas. Writing technique: oil. Genre: landscape. Style: realism. Gallery: Kharkov State Museum of Fine Arts, Kharkov, Ukraine.
Savrasov Alexey – “The Rooks Have Arrived”
The famous Russian painter painted his one of the most famous paintings “The Rooks Have Arrived” in 1871. The picture immediately attracted the attention of viewers and critics with its simplicity and spontaneity. After it was written, the artist received an offer to purchase this painting by Tretyakov for his collection. The artist’s extraordinary skill…
Savrasov – “Yard. Winter”
Painting “Courtyard. Winter ”by Alexei Savrasov, written in the 1870s, is an original, expressive work with a mood inherent only in the works of Savrasov. This courtyard, by the way, is very interesting to compare with another picture of the artist – “Winter Road”. Both works have a similar color scheme and resonate with the…
Botticelli “Spring”
The painting “Spring”, painted by Botticelli in 1478, combines three different, but related directions. Pompous courtly style – at that time the beloved were portrayed in this style. The artist also used the antique style in the painting – characters and motifs from the myths of Ancient Greece. The Christian style represents the image of…
Botticelli – “Venus and Mars”
The meaning of the painting “Venus and Mars” by the famous Italian artist of the Renaissance period Sandro Botticelli, painted in 1483, is simple – the author wanted to show the audience the superiority of love over violence. The plot depicted in the painting “Venus and Mars” shows us two beautiful gods, Mars in the…
Botticelli – “The Birth of Venus”
The great painting “The Birth of Venus” by the great master Sandro Botticelli is exhibited in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence. The work was written in 1485 and is considered an artistic masterpiece of the Renaissance. The painting depicts an open space – the sea, the sky. The author showed on the canvas a very early…
Perov – “Drawing Teacher”
Before you is a painting by Vasily Grigorievich Perov “Drawing Teacher”. (State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow). Written in 1867 on a wooden board by the Windsor and Newton firm, it introduces us to the fate of an artist devoted to the ideals of the beautiful, but not recognized. Elderly, with sparse hair, in a shabby but…
Botticelli – “Simonetta Vespucci”
Simonetta Vespucci is the first beauty in all of Italy, descended from the ancient and wealthy Vespucci family. The future navigator and discoverer of America, Amerigo Vespucci, had yet to be born in this family, but even without this the surname was widely known. Most likely, the portrait was painted in 1474 or 1475 from…
Botticelli – “Madonna of the Book”
The Madonna of the Book is the greatest work of Sandro Botticelli, who lived at the same time as Leonardo da Vinci and Rafael Santi. Botticelli in his work very often resorted to the image of the image of the Madonna. The painting “Madonna of the Book” stands apart in the artist’s work. In the…
Botticelli – “The Adoration of the Magi”
Biblical subjects have always been full of allegories and allegories, so at all times they have been a favorite theme of poets, artists, writers, sculptors – all those who in one way or another related to art. The Renaissance era left us many bright names of artists who drew attention to the subjects of the…