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Illustration of various legends and traditions was also a favorite theme. However, the Japanese themselves did not consider ukiyo-e prints to be works of art. Colors did not appear in ukiyo-e prints right away. The first prints were black and white and were a kind of book.
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Fantin-Latour's exquisite and frivolous fantasy paintings.
But it was in this manner of execution that many critics noticed a special charm: the paintings resembled a kind of exquisite fantasy, a revived play of imagination
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Why in the painting "Summer" the artist changed the boy into a girl? Bright artwork by Vyacheslav Zhemerikin.
It seemed indecent to the Commission that a half-naked guy and a girl were so simply socializing on the beach. His brushwork is light and dynamic, and the landscape seems to be painted by chance, as in the best Impressionist artwork.
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A devout religiosity. Impressive paintings by Francisco de Zurbarán, who lived during the "golden age" of Spanish painting.
Zurbarán managed to create truly large-scale and epochal paintings, filled with emotions, using only very ascetic means to express them
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A great master of the nude genre Anders Zorn and his wonderful paintings that depict the everyday life of Swedish peasant women.
One day in St. Petersburg, all the students and professors of the Academy of Fine Arts gathered - Zorn had arrived and was preparing to give a master class in quick painting of nudes. He made a few strokes and announced that he was tired and the show was postponed until tomorrow.
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Sculptures by famous artists that are just as evocative and interesting as their paintings.
Already existing sculptures were copied again, and eventually even self-respecting stock houses refused to sell them.
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Violent passion and love longing in the gallant paintings of Jean Honoré Fragonard
Fragonard perfectly managed to reflect the embarrassment and confusion on the girl's face - she simply did not have time to switch from the atmosphere of the social occasion
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Why is the lady laughing so gleefully, while the gentleman sits gloomier than a cloud? A story that became the basis for a popular picture by William Frith.
Love is a joyful feeling, but it often causes a lot of suffering. Mary was a romantic, but very narcissistic and picky person who knew her own worth all too well.
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A dragon instead of a kitty. Funny comics by a Russian artist about the existence of the dragon in the Middle Ages and in our time.
Katya Bezrukova, better known under the nickname KoDa, like many artists, started drawing since childhood. The idea to draw dragons came because she could not decide whether it was better to depict cats or dogs.
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Ironic and soulful paintings by Andrei Popov, standing at the intersection of cartoon and painting.
Requires a creative approach, but only in this way you can distinguish a real artist from the usual freelancer, which now abound in the network.
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