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​Why did Repin paint a nude Frenchwoman instead of Chaliapin? About the artist's complex relationships with the subjects of his portraits.
​Why did Repin paint a nude Frenchwoman instead of Chaliapin? About the artist's complex relationships with the subjects of his portraits.
He wrote her enthusiastic, chaotic and passionate letters, where he confessed his love. Repin tried to forget Zvantseva, and therefore forced Tenisheva to pose to the point of exhaustion, trying to get closer and closer to the unattainable ideal.
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Why did Serov's portrait of Yusupova criticized, and why did the customer want to cut it? About the artist's most
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.
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Memorable paintings by Otto Dix that will leave no one indifferent. What is their hidden meaning?
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....
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Tenderness and pleasure. Half-naked lovely odalisques in the paintings of Henri Matisse
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.
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Beneficence and depravity in a painting by Raphael Santi and his stunning Madonnas that not everyone knows about.
Beneficence and depravity in a painting by Raphael Santi and his stunning Madonnas that not everyone knows about.
Michelangelo was much better than Raphael at depicting muscular and physically fit people. Raphael was impressed by the power, majesty and relaxed poses of the characters in Michelangelo's frescoes.
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A cursed canvas. A mystical painting by Kramskoi, with which popular rumor associated tragic incidents.
A cursed canvas. A mystical painting by Kramskoi, with which popular rumor associated tragic incidents.
But an old lady said: "We should put the painting in a darkened room so the light doesn't bother the mermaids." We did so, and, as it turned out, not in vain.....
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About how it was then and how it is now, funny cartoons that make you think and laugh.
About how it was then and how it is now, funny cartoons that make you think and laugh.
At the time now, a fully grown up boy still dared to accomplish the feat of walking to the nearest school on his own, and yet his answer shows a rare lack of confidence in success.
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Blatant unreliability. What mistakes did the Pre-Raphaelite artists make in their paintings?
Blatant unreliability. What mistakes did the Pre-Raphaelite artists make in their paintings?
The artist Edmund Blair Leighton painted a picture inspired by the beautiful and romantic process of allocade, i.e. knighting. Except that he got the knight's armor a bit mixed up.
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Vicious demonesses and the evil spirit of Santa Claus in Gerald Brom's memorable drawings
Vicious demonesses and the evil spirit of Santa Claus in Gerald Brom's memorable drawings
The boy was forced to change schools frequently, often did not have time to make friends and was always in the position of a newcomer. Brom's work is quite dark, although interesting. He often writes on behalf of the "bad guy", a negative character, often quite creepy.
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Why are the people in Fernando Botero's paintings so fat? The artist's own answer.
Why are the people in Fernando Botero's paintings so fat? The artist's own answer.
Botero has been married three times, and his current spouse Greek sculptor Sofia Vari can well give a head start to many mannequins. In many interviews he tries to prove that he is not obsessed with overweight women.
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A toilet bowl made of gold and a human skull for 100 million dollars. The most controversial works of contemporary art
A toilet bowl made of gold and a human skull for 100 million dollars. The most controversial works of contemporary art
The toilet was stolen when it was placed in the toilet of Blenheim Palace. At least the gold cube was left behind as further proof that it is better to invest in tangible assets
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Charming fat women in all their glory in the paintings of famous artists from antiquity to the present day
Charming fat women in all their glory in the paintings of famous artists from antiquity to the present day
But gradually the standards changed, and fullness was seen as something morbid, as opposed to a healthy diet and lifestyle. And Mesolithic people valued wide hips and large breasts - the main signs that a woman could give birth to and nurture healthy children.
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Provocative sculpture and hooliganism at auction. Does such contemporary art have the right to exist?
Provocative sculpture and hooliganism at auction. Does such contemporary art have the right to exist?
Have concepts changed so much, and do sculptors now show the beautiful and the good through gross anatomy? At some point, "ordinary" art no longer evokes any special feelings and emotions. There is too much monotonous beauty...
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The most sensual and obscene painting of the Renaissance. We tell you about its hidden meanings
The most sensual and obscene painting of the Renaissance. We tell you about its hidden meanings
Francis I himself was a great lover of women and lovemaking. One wife and a few pretty minions were not enough for him. If you look closely, you can see that a pink thorn has pierced his heel, but he doesn't notice it at all.
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“French Aivazovsky” Eugène Boudin, whose paintings are much more than it looks like
“French Aivazovsky” Eugène Boudin, whose paintings are much more than it looks like
Boudin favored work on the plein air: "two strokes of the brush in nature are more important than two days spent in a stuffy studio. However, Boudin painted people as God would have it - for him it was purely technical work.
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Five of the most immodest and attractive heroines of Soviet and Disney cartoons, who became characters of boys' dreams.
Five of the most immodest and attractive heroines of Soviet and Disney cartoons, who became characters of boys' dreams.
The princess flaunted in semi-transparent pants and a frivolous top, revealing her belly. Even blushed charmingly, demonstrating how a girl should react to not too modest compliments and proposals.
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How to come to terms with contemporary art and how is it better than classical art? We tell you by way of an illustrative example
How to come to terms with contemporary art and how is it better than classical art? We tell you by way of an illustrative example
Even though there is a minimum of innovation, and all the subjects have already been used by artists many times, but what a technique. I had to convey my creative ideas through images, often abstract or not quite realistic.
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Famous Picasso paintings that all cultured people should know.
Famous Picasso paintings that all cultured people should know.
It was not customary for decent ladies at that time to drink absinthe alone, or even to consume this drink at all. Absinthe can be called a special phenomenon in culture, and its use was praised by Ernest Hemingway, Oscar Wilde and Arthur Rimbaud. And many impressionist painters.
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Immodest red-haired beauties in the paintings of Pre-Raphaelite Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Immodest red-haired beauties in the paintings of Pre-Raphaelite Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Soon added problems with the spine, accompanied by pain, which Elizabeth and tried to treat with the miracle remedy laudanum. Rossetti grieved, and the painting "Blessed Beatrice" became a kind of tribute.
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Strange and not always decent images in paintings in the style of magical realism by artist Albin Brunovsky.
Strange and not always decent images in paintings in the style of magical realism by artist Albin Brunovsky.
Brunovsky's works are characterized by excellent detail, so you can look at them for a long time and always find something new, and a magnifying glass will be very useful here.
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Famous throughout Venice for his love affairs and lived to the age of 99. Titian and his stunning paintings
Famous throughout Venice for his love affairs and lived to the age of 99. Titian and his stunning paintings
He was recognized as the best Venetian painter with all the privileges that entailed. The fame of Titian's love affairs spread throughout Venice and husbands were afraid to let their wives go to the artist's studio.
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