Like a good tragicomedy. Famous pictures in which from scary to funny is only one step.
He was remarkably accurate in combining humor and tragedy, and could joke about things that were not to be joked about at all. In general, this is not a portrait, but an unconcealed mockery, although it is possible that even such an ugly duchess may well have a husband.
The most beautiful eyes and not only them in the paintings of famous artists.
She conquered many with her gentle character, incomparable beauty and natural charm. With her meekness and humility, she resembles the image of the Madonna. But in that picture there are more differences than similarities.
Why were girls in Japan strongly discouraged from looking at John Mille's Ophelia and how was this masterpiece created?
It was as if he had photographed a piece of river scenery with an expensive professional camera. It is precisely this inordinate precision that became one of the principles enunciated by the Pre-Raphaelites.
Why did Serov's portrait of Yusupova criticized, and why did the customer want to cut it? About the artist's most "glamorous" artwork.
The queue for Serov's portraits stretched for several years, as the artist himself approached the artwork with the utmost care. Critics noted that Yusupova's pose was too naive and demeaning - at the time, this was already considered fashionable.
Memorable paintings by Otto Dix that will leave no one indifferent. What is their hidden meaning?
In order not to finally feel unnecessary, he writes "in a desk". It is not difficult to identify which character personifies which sin. However, the main characters are not laziness, but....
Tenderness and pleasure. Half-naked lovely odalisques in the paintings of Henri Matisse
And Matisse decided to look at Oriental women in his own way and in his own style. This allowed him to find his niche and the necessary balance between decorativeness and expressiveness. Matisse does not think too much about the inner feelings of his odalisques, for him they are just an object.