The school year has begun. Teachers in August compiled a calendar-thematic planning, in which once a week there is a lesson on the development of speech. In such a lesson, children write essays or expositions, learning to transfer their thoughts to paper using written language. There are also tasks to write an essay on the theme of "Golden Autumn" Levitan. If a child does this work as homework, then it’s a sin not to tell in his opus some information about this masterpiece.
Historical background of the painting
It is not difficult to write an essay based on Levitan’s Golden Autumn. It is enough to know a few secrets. Let's start with some information about the masterpiece. So, this picture was painted by the famous domestic landscape painter Isaac Ilyich Levitan in 1895. Today, the painting belongs to the Tretyakov Gallery (Moscow city).
Levitan began working on the painting that same year at the Gorka estate in the Tver province. It is believed that the picture depicts a birch grove, which was located half a kilometer from the estate of the artist. In that place the river Sjeza flows, which Isaac Ilyich depicted on canvas. The artist was so carried away by the writing of the autumn landscape that in one of his letters he refused his colleague Vasily Polenov to visit his estate. The very next 1896, his “Golden Autumn” was exhibited in St. Petersburg with his other creations.
How to write an essay
During the year Levitan painted his painting (Golden Autumn). Composition since elementary school is customary to build according to plan. It should consist of at least three points:
- introduction;
- main part;
- conclusion.
The first part of the text should be small. Two or three sentences will be enough. Tell us some information about the picture: who wrote it, in which year, to which genre it belongs.
In the main part, you set out an analysis of the work. First, describe everything that you see in the foreground. In our case, it is a dark blue winding river, birch trees in gold and two slender aspen trees that have lost foliage. Then tell us about what you see in the distance - these are hills and sky. And smoothly move on to color gamut analysis and image technique. Levitan's “Golden Autumn” is attributed to major paintings, because the artist chose bright colors saturated with gold. The work traces the influence of impressionism on the manner of Levitan.
The volume conclusion is similar to the introduction. You should write a few sentences that convey your impression of the picture.
Levitan, Golden Autumn. The writing
Here is a sample text.
"Not so long ago I was in Moscow. I had several hours of free time, and I decided to go to the Tretyakov Gallery. Walking along the corridors, I saw many paintings by famous artists. But the picture with the autumn landscape caught my attention. On the plate next to the masterpiece was it is indicated that the image was written in 1895, the artist - Levitan, “Golden Autumn.” I will definitely write the composition, so I wanted to know more, I turned on the player with the story from the guide about the canvas ...
In the foreground, the viewer sees a winding river. It seems to me that its depth is conveyed by a dark blue palette of colors. She inspires calm and equanimity. To the left of the river, the artist depicted thin-bore aspen surrounded by birches in gold dresses. The contrast of gold and blue gives the canvas joy and a sense of approaching something new. Golden crowns of birches over white trunks look very interesting. In the distance you can see houses and fields prepared for winter. A clear blue sky promises a warm and dry autumn. Isaac Levitan portrayed the picture with brushstrokes, which suggests that impressionism had a significant impact on his work.
I was inspired by the artist Levitan (Golden Autumn). I even wanted to write an essay . I want to spend the next autumn with my grandmother to write my picture. "