Rubens

Rubens – “Jupiter and Callisto”

Jupiter is translated as “brilliant”, “father of the day.” God of the sky, daylight, thunderstorms. In Greek mythology, Zeus. Jupiter patronized agriculture, and the Grape Harvesting holidays were dedicated to him. Jupiter is the God of War and Victory. Callisto (Callista) – daughter of King Lyokon, companion of Artemis, originally from Arcadia. Jupiter appeared to…

Dali

Dali Salvador – “The Last Supper”

The artist’s fantasies on the themes of the Gospel fill the familiar plot with new content. Only outwardly, the picture resembles a fresco by the great Leonardo. The work atmosphere is completely different. The author deliberately transfers the action of the picture to the modern space. Above the table is a glass dome, behind which…

Rubens

Rubens – “The Adoration of the Magi”

The very famous story from the Gospel of Matthew about the adoration of the Magi to the newborn Jesus Christ is also very popular in painting. Diego Velazquez, Sandro Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Giorgione, Wolf Guber, Hans Baldung and many others touched upon this plot in one way or another. During his long and fruitful…

Rubens

Rubens – “Adoration of the Magi”

The very famous story from the Gospel of Matthew about the adoration of the Magi to the newborn Jesus Christ is also very popular in painting. Diego Velazquez, Sandro Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Giorgione, Wolf Guber, Hans Baldung and many others touched upon this plot in one way or another. During his long and fruitful…

Perov

Perov Vasily – “Savoyar”

Perov arrived in Paris, already being an artist with a fully formed personality. After the accusatory pictures that were sensational in Russia, the “uncritical” depiction of everyday life was simply impossible for him. But “ignorance of the moral life of the people” (as Perov put it in another letter) makes it impossible to answer the…