Boats off Normandy - Richard Parks Bonington. 34x46Richard Bonington (1802-1828) - English landscape painter, a member of the circle of romantics. Bonington’s career and life was very short, he died of tuberculosis at 25. The main works of the first half of the XIX century were devoted to the foggy shores of England and Normandy, coastal landscapes of Italy.
After the battle of Igor Svyatoslavich with the Polovtsy - Viktor Mikhailovich Vasnetsov. 205x390 The outcome of a terrible battle with the Polovtsy - the plot of the picture Vasnetsov. They lie nearby, struck by wild Polovtsy. The bodies of Polovtsy and Rusich lie nearby. Death reconciled them, equalized, calmed, resolved all conflicts. Bloodied weapons wallow unnecessary, old.
Portrait of Princess de Broglie - Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres. 121.3x90.8Portrait of Princess de Broglie, a woman of rare beauty who was highly respected in her environment, is a typical artistic embodiment of the image of the aristocracy of the Second Empire. The light illuminating the lady on the right follows the compositional scheme loved by the artist.
The National Museum of the History of Ukraine has been around for decades. Initially, it was organized as the Museum of Old Age and Arts, in Soviet times its name was changed several times, and it was named the National Museum of History of Ukraine in 1991 and became the first cultural object to which it was assigned such a high status.
The formation of this museum of the Moscow Kremlin was the longest, although the monument itself is small. The opening of the museum in 1965 was preceded by many years of research and restoration. In the last period, more attention was paid to the discovery of the picturesque riches of the monument. The complexity and duration of these works is mainly due to the fact that this building has noticeably lost its original appearance over its long life.
Rural holiday in the crescent squash - David Teniers the Younger. 9Xx1Z2David Teniers the Younger (1610-1690) surpassed his parent and, as it is believed, the teacher. The best paintings of the artist were created in the 1640s, when he became the court painter of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria. Teniers gathered an art collection for the ruler and became its keeper.
