Publications by tag: bryullov

Why was the Paris Salon so important, what were the Impressionists rebelling against, and where, besides France, were the academic talent pools?

Romanticism replaced the austere Classicism in painting and brought something new with it: emotions, excitement, colours, and distinct expressiveness. Quite often the style of Romanticism is confused with "romantic" images in painting and pastoral scenes. Still, it was a person with all the emotions and a rich inner world which was in the focus of attention of creators of all genres of the late…

Neoclassicism is a complex term. In art history, Neoclassicism is usually called a movement of the second half of the 18th – the first third of the 19th century, coinciding with Jacques-Louis David's era and coming after the early Classicism. Russian art historians consider Neoclassicism to be an artistic phenomena of the last third of the 19th –early 20th century, reinterpreting the canons of…

Порой известные картины несут в себе некую загадочную силу и энергетику, причем отрицательную. Их окрестили роковыми картинами: одни полотна приносили несчастья самому автору, другие - натурщикам, владельцам картин или даже впечатлительным зрителям. Такие истории хорошо рассказывать на ночь, - нечто вроде живописных баек в полнолуние. Где правда, а где вымысел, и где грань между ними?