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Description of the painting by Paul Cezanne “Harlequin”

The Renaissance in painting is an amazing period of creating unique masterpieces. Paul Cezanne is a French impressionist artist who was a craftsman in describing the life and soul of a person. All the paintings, written by the creator, bore the imprint of his inner world. Interest in life was awakened by masterpieces that carried a mysterious force and power.
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Illustration for the tale "Feather of the Finist Yasn-Sokol" by Ivan Bilibin

Bilibin was an ordinary artist - he grew up in St. Petersburg, he listened to fairy tales in his distant childhood and remembered vaguely. But one day he went to an exhibition where he saw Vasnetsov's painting “The Heroes”, and his life changed dramatically. He was so impressed by the work of his colleague and her theme that he left social life, and with it city balls, gossip and duel, went to a remote village in the Tver province, where he spent some time listening to the elderly, wandering through the forests, and penetrating more and more the spirit of Russian folk tales.
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Description of the painting by Klimt Gustav Water Snakes

Gustav Klimt from 1904 to 1907 was engaged in writing two paintings with almost the same plot: “Water Snakes I” and “Water Snakes II.” The kind of these paintings, or rather these feminine figures, draws the viewer into the world of sweet fantasies, enchanting all men with their appearance and youth, causing a rapid heartbeat and rapid pulse.
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Description of Victor Popkov's painting “Autumn Rains”

We see Pushkin, who is looking into the distance and thinking deeply about something. Before us is a sad picture of autumn. The poet leaned on the column. What is he thinking about? What causes such a sad landscape in him? We can only guess about it. Popkov was able to incredibly lively talk about what is happening. It’s enough to take a closer look, and the canvas begins to come to life.
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Description of the painting by Salvador Dali “Hand” (“Pangs of Conscience”)

Despite the fact that this picture is in St. Petersburg, the Russians are unlikely to see it: this town "Petersburg" is located in the United States, in the state of Florida. And the masterpiece itself is in a private collection. The image of a hand appears on many Salvador Dali’s paintings. The most famous “Hands” are “Worker's Hand and Ants” and this is the painting, “Pangs of conscience”.
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Description of Alfons Mucha's painting Autumn

The fly was one of the most famous modernists - that is, of those who believed that art should be indivisible and proportionate. Widely applying its applied areas - embroidery, bead weaving, painting on fabric - the modernists sought to create the most complete and lively image perceived by them reality.
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