The end of the 20th century in painting is characterized by the formation of symbolism and neo-romanticism. During this period, the flowering of creativity of the Lithuanian artist Mikaloyus Konstantinas Čiurlionis begins. The artworks delight with their mystery and persuasiveness. But a special quality is the original art form.
It has long been noticed by many artists that the most unusual cliffs are located in the small town of Etretat in Normandy. His small guesthouses attracted many lovers of swimming in the ocean and contemplating a lively and vibrant nature. The rock that Monet portrayed in his picture was described a little earlier by a French writer.
Vrubel is a mysterious artist and, above all, due to the fact that he has always been beyond the bounds of reason. His mind could not stand the overload and began to act differently. And that is precisely why, through the fog of consciousness, the artist had unusual beautiful images. He often painted Demons, referring to the poetry of Lermontov and Pushkin.
The painting was painted by the great Spanish artist in 1937. Many plots were taken as its basis, the central place is occupied by the story of Narcissus - a young man who once bent at a spring with clear water, was so subdued by his own beauty that he died from the inability to satisfy his feelings.
The Venetian artist Giorgione amazed everyone with his Thunderstorm. The viewer will not see a specific plot here. The main character of this picture is a thunderstorm. The artist diverted the brilliance of a lightning arrow, which, like a snake, sparkled in the air. Right and left, the foreground displays female and male figures.
To begin with, it is worth noting that Vasily Andreyevich Tropinin performed a number of genre-portrait works. In these paintings, he found something subtle and unusual among ordinary residents, unremarkable, who are the main segment of any city. In this case, the eye of the artist was caught by an ordinary seamstress.