The situation with Venus is different - although she is relaxed, she is not exhausted. Botticelli simply replaced the gods with satyrs and added more comedy to the situation. But only history has put everything in its place

He made up for the lack of academic education by talking and arguing, Repin, Kramskoi and Polenov explained to him the basics of painting. His landscapes are in good standing, some of them were acquired by Tretyakov himself.

This is a competently created image, not documentary evidence, and for this he was later accused of wanting to indulge the authorities and called "Stalin's court painter". But Gerasimov had no other choice.

For twenty years, Mucha painted these pictures, so in tune with his Slavic soul. They reflected significant historical events taking place in Bohemia and other Slavic countries.

But it was not a fetish, but a representation of the ideal of beauty, which corresponded to the concepts of the time. Picasso believed that "Rubens wasted his talent for vulgarity. Rubens knew six languages, had impeccable manners.

Grant Wood was not too happy about this popularity and generally tried to talk less about himself and his personal life. He was not a typical farmer, not too fond of small, dreary American towns. There was an unspoken rule of "don't ask, don't tell".