How many wonderful examples of painting in the world! But there are famous paintings familiar to the vast majority of people. This is what they will be discussed in our short review. And also about the talented craftsmen who created these perfect masterpieces. Do you already guess what kind of paintings will be discussed?
Renaissance famous paintings
The Renaissance (Europe, Italy - XIV-XVI centuries) gave humanity a whole host of brilliant artists. The frantic Michelangelo, the great Leonardo da Vinci, the divine Rafael, romantic and kindly ruled by Sandro Botticelli - these names are written in golden letters in the history of the world. The names of the paintings of these artists are familiar even to people far from art.
Who has never seen the Gioconda, a painting by da Vinci? It is unlikely that such a person will be satisfied. After all, reproductions of this portrait are replicated around the world. Mona Lisa's smile can be found anywhere: in magazines, on the Internet, in advertising. And the lucky ones who were fortunate enough to visit the Louvre Museum could see the original of the canvas.
Other Leonardo’s most famous paintings are Madonna Benoit (she is also called Madonna with a Flower), Madonna Litta, a fresco depicting Christ and the apostles - The Last Supper, and a portrait of The Lady with an Ermine.
Remembering Raphael, I immediately want to name the picture "Sistine Madonna." This Italian painter, for his short life (37 years), left behind a rich heritage that influenced many subsequent generations of masters of painting. But the mentioned work of art is one of the most recognizable and popular in the world.
Michelangelo Buonarroti worked in the 16th century, mainly as a sculptor and architect. His most fundamental work is the frescoes of the Sistine Chapel. Of these grandiose paintings, the most famous is the Creation of Adam.
Famous paintings by Botticelli, the court painter of the Medici, are no less magnificent, and we could talk about them endlessly, but we only mention those that are really familiar to everyone and everyone. This is, first of all, “The Birth of Venus” - a picture that depicts the golden-wise goddess of love, floating in the world, standing on the sink. The next canvas of the master, which can not be forgotten, is called "Spring". Even if one of you cannot immediately remember what exactly is depicted there, then it is enough for us to hint that the three graces are the center of the composition, and the memory of the majority is immediately refreshed.
Impressionist landscapes
The end of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth gave the world a new direction in painting - impressionism. Today, in museums in many countries, visitors admire the canvases of artists such as Manet Eduard, Degas Edgar, Claude Monet, Pissarro, Alfred Sisley and others. Impressionists worked a lot in nature, the landscape plays a very important role in their works and often acts as a separate independent genre.
Claude Monet, for example, was very fond of writing secluded ponds, on the surface of which beautiful water lilies and water lilies flaunt. In this regard, I want to make a small lyrical digression: in Cameron's film "Titanic", when events reach a climax and the ship goes to the bottom, there is a moment when one of such incomparable Monet's works with lilies forever disappears in green ocean water. Famous paintings by this artist are in collections not only in European museums, but also in our Hermitage ("Field with Poppies", "Meadows of Giverny") and the Moscow Museum of Fine Arts ("Haystack", "Rocks in Etretat").
Sun Canvases by Van Gogh
Hot "Sunflowers", written in several versions by one of the most beloved artists today, who during his life did not wait for recognition of his talent (Van Gogh), are popular and famous paintings around the world. And not only famous, but also one of the most expensive. Another famous post-impressionist creation - "Irises" - also has a fantastic price. Art experts, experts say that today the cost of this canvas is approaching $ 110 million, and this figure will only increase over time.
Cloths Pablo Picasso
The Spanish artist Pablo Picasso was distinguished not only by talent, but also by his incredible capacity for work, which is why a great many of his paintings are exhibited in various museums around the world. And which one is the most famous, do you think? We have no doubt that you will give the answer: "Girl on the Ball" - a canvas related to the "pink period" of Picasso's work. And, of course, you will be right.
Pictures of the Russian genius - Karl Bryullov
Famous Russian paintings - The Death of Pompeii, Italian Midday (Russian Museum, St. Petersburg), The Horsewoman (Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow) and others, belonging to the brush of our compatriot Karl Bryullov, invariably attract crowds of sightseers - amateurs beautiful. This wonderful artist wrote in an academic manner. It is believed that his work is crowned by late Russian romanticism.
People who saw firsthand the grandiose work "The Last Day of Pompeii", for a long time remain under the strong impression received from the contemplation of the picture. In it, the artist was able to masterfully show not only the merciless element of the erupting Vesuvius, but also the entire horror of the inhabitants of the ancient city from a premonition of imminent death. Work on the canvas lasted for six years. The huge size of the painting is also impressive - 465 by 651 cm.
Conclusion
Unfortunately, it is impossible to list all the known pictures of the world in a short article. We did not say anything about the canvases of Rembrandt, Rubens, Gauguin, Dali, Levitan, Repin, Vasnetsov and many, many other brilliant painters. We hope to do this in future articles.