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How talented women, worthy places in history, remained in the shadow of their men
There is a myth that artists do not get along with artists and therefore marry only mere mortals. But there are many couples in which more or less equally known…

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"Jan van Eyck was here": How did the artist, from which the era of the Northern Renaissance began
The painting of the Northern Renaissance, which became a consequence of the awakening of Europe from the medieval stagnation, differs from the works of the Italian Renaissance. This originality is…

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Kiss of Madness: Passionate paintings by an artist who spent her whole life in a psychiatric clinic
Alois Korbats had dreamed of love all her life, but she was destined to be constantly monitored by doctors and ... world-wide fame, which was not at all interesting for…

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“Nu” in Soviet style: How many are asked today for the social realism of Alexander Deineka on the global art market?

After the teleconference in 1986, Leningrad – Boston, the whole world is finding out that there is nothing forbidden in the USSR, what happens between a man and a woman, and this phrase has become widely used in Russia for defining anti-sexuality culture in the Soviet era. But was it really so … Was it true that chaste art was at a time when social realism dominated? Looking at the pictures of the famous classic of the Soviet art, which had numerous titles and regalia – Alexander Deineka – you can’t say it. The artist has dedicated the lion’s share of his works to the “nude” genre. Continue reading →

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How in the modern world fake antique art

The problem of fraud exists for millennia. George Vasari – the author of the famous “Lives of the most famous painters, sculptors and architects,” spoke about the amazing case of a fake from Michelangelo Buonarroti himself. True, it occurred at the very beginning of the career of the famous master. Having sculpted the Sleeping Cupid statue, a young and enterprising sculptor secretly drove her far beyond the city and buried it in the ground. After some time, he “accidentally” discovered the “ancient monument” and very successfully sold it. Continue reading →

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What was the life of the citizens of Pompeii before the legendary volcanic eruption: Pictures of Joseph Comans

The secrets of history at all times attracted and attracted creative people, especially artists. Who, no matter how they, managed to convey to our time the idea of ​​how humankind lived many centuries ago. At one time, fascinated by the excavations of the ancient Pompeii, the Belgian artist Pierre Olivier Joseph Comans created a whole series of works, where he reflected the life of its inhabitants to a terrible tragedy.

Antique themes of creativity Joseph Comans
Pierre Olivier Joseph Comans (Pierre Olivier Joseph Coomans, 1816-1889) is a Belgian genre and historical scene artist originally from Brussels. Continue reading →

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Esoteric surrealism in mysterious fiction paintings that help to look into
It is no secret to anyone that human nature is mysterious, and can manifest itself both from the light and from the dark side. Therefore, it is very difficult to…

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Riddles of the Tretyakov Gallery: What secrets hide paintings of Kramskoy and Vrubel
The unique collection of the museum has more than 180 thousand works of Russian art from different eras and styles. And behind each masterpiece of the Tretyakov Gallery is its…

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For what artist Ayami Kojima created the "aesthetics of vampires," and what came of it
Ominous corridors, eerie locks, skeletons and cracked skulls, and among them - with a bouquet of roses, porcelain skin and golden curls. But do not flatter yourself - these tender…

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As a favorite artist of Stalin, Alexander Gerasimov secretly painted pictures in the genre of "nude"
The name of the legendary artist Alexander Gerasimov, who lived and worked at a time when socialist realism dominated art, and to this day has caused heated debates among critics…

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