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Collections Of The Russian Museum
Among the collections of the Russian Museum in Saint Petersburg in Russia are some of the greatest pieces of Russian art in the world. The Museum houses collections of sculpture, work of art, objets d'art, drawings and paintings including the famous picture gallery. Icons *''The Angel with Golden Hair'' 18th-19th century * ''The Last Day of Pompeii'' by Karl Brullov, 1830–33 * ''The Ninth Wave'' by Ivan Aivazovsky, 1850 * ''Barge Haulers on the Volga'' by Ilya Repin, 1870–1873 * ''Sadko (painting), Sadko'' by Ilya Repin (1876) * ''Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks'' by Ilya Repin, 1880–1891 * ''Moonlit Night on the Dnieper'' by Arkhip Kuindzhi, 1880 * ''The Great Taking of the Veil (Nesterov), The Great Taking of the Veil'' by Mikhail Nesterov, 1898 * ''Portrait of Murtaza Kuli Khan'' by Vladimir Borovikovsky * ''The Brazen Serpent (Bruni), The Brazen Serpent'' by Fyodor Bruni * ''Phrine at the Festival of Poseidon at the Eleusinia'' by Henryk Siemiradzki * ''Christ's App ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Novgorod
George may refer to: People * George (given name) * George (surname) * George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George * George Washington, First President of the United States * George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States * George H. W. Bush, 41st President of the United States * George V, King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 1910-1936 * George VI, King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 1936-1952 * Prince George of Wales * George Papagheorghe also known as Jorge / GEØRGE * George, stage name of Giorgio Moroder * George Harrison, an English musician and singer-songwriter Places South Africa * George, Western Cape ** George Airport United States * George, Iowa * George, Missouri * George, Washington * George County, Mississippi * George Air Force Base, a former U.S. Air Force base located in California Characters * George (Peppa Pig), a 2-year-old pig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sadko (painting)
''Sadko'', also known as ''Sadko in the Underwater Kingdom'' (russian: Садко в Подводном царстве, translit=Sadko v Podvodnom tsarstve), is an oil-on-canvas painting by Ilya Repin, made in 1876 during a visit to France. Based on a Russian epic poem, it depicts the merchant and musician Sadko who must choose one of the daughters of the Underwater King to marry. Tsesarevich Alexander Alexandrovich, the future Tsar Alexander III, bought the painting which is in the collection of the Russian Museum in Saint Petersburg. Background Ilya Repin studied painting at the Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg and had an early success with ''Barge Haulers on the Volga'' (1870–1873). After this he decided to travel to Western Europe; not for his own sake, but because he thought Europe needed "fresh strength from the provinces". He reached Paris in October 1873, when he was 29 years old. Repin was still in France when he painted ''Sadko'' in 1876, and the subject ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bogatyr (painting)
A bogatyr ( rus, богатырь, p=bəɡɐˈtɨrʲ, a=Ru-богатырь.ogg) or vityaz ( rus, витязь, p=ˈvʲitʲɪsʲ) is a stock character in medieval East Slavic legends, akin to a Western European knight-errant. Bogatyrs appear mainly in Rus' epic poems— ''bylinas''. Historically, they came into existence during the reign of Vladimir the Great (Grand Prince of Kiev from 980 to 1015) as part of his elite warriors (''druzhina''), akin to Knights of the Round Table. Tradition describes bogatyrs as warriors of immense strength, courage and bravery, rarely using magic while fighting enemies in order to maintain the "loosely based on historical fact" aspect of bylinas. They are characterized as having resounding voices, with patriotic and religious pursuits, defending Rus' from foreign enemies (especially nomadic Turkic steppe-peoples or Finno-Ugric tribes in the period prior to the Mongol invasions) and their religion. In modern Russian, the word ''bogatyr'' labels a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksey Antropov
Alexei Petrovich Antropov (russian: Алексей Петрович Антропов; – ) was a Russian painter active primarily in St. Petersburg, where he was born and died. He also worked in Moscow and frescoed churches in Kiev. His preferred medium was oil, but he also painted miniatures and icons. Life and work Alexei was born to the family of a government official who worked in the Armory and in the "Канцелярия от строений" (Chancellory of Buildings). Beginning in 1732, Alexei worked at the Chancellory under his relative Andrey Matveyev. After 1739 he was a member of the "painting team" of the Chancellory under Ivan Vishnyakov. As a member of the team Alexei took part in the frescoing of the Summer Palace, Winter Palace, Anichkov Palace and other buildings of Saint Petersburg. He also studied portrait art from the court painter Louis Caravaque of France. In 1749 Alexei received the rank of the Painter's Apprentice and at the end of the 1750s the ran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov
Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov (russian: link=no, Алекса́ндр Андре́евич Ива́нов; July 28 (July 16 Adoption of the Gregorian calendar#Adoption in Eastern Europe, [OS]), 1806 – July 15 (July 3 [OS]), 1858) was a Russian painter who adhered to the waning tradition of Neoclassicism but found little sympathy with his contemporaries. He was born and died in St. Petersburg. He has been called the master of one work, for it took 20 years to complete his magnum opus ''The Appearance of Christ Before the People''. Biography Early Years and Education Alexander Andreyevich was born to an art professor Andrey Ivanovich Ivanov, Andrey Ivanov. Aged 11, he entered the Imperial Academy of Arts and studied at his father's course together with Karl Briullov. For his good achievements he was awarded with two silver medals, in 1824 he received a golden medal for the painting 'Priam Asking Achilles to Return Hector's Body'. In 1827 he was honoured with the Imperial Ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henryk Siemiradzki
Henryk Hektor Siemiradzki (24 October 1843 – 23 August 1902) was a Russian-born Polish painter based in Rome, best remembered for his monumental academic art. He was particularly known for his depictions of scenes from the ancient Greek-Roman world and the New Testament, owned by many national galleries of Europe.Henryk Siemiradzki. Selection of Works with Biography and Index at ''Artyzm.com.'' Retrieved October 24, 2011.Ewa Micke-Broniarek Henryk Siemiradzki. ''Magazine "Culture.pl". National Museum, Warsaw ...
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Fyodor Bruni
Fyodor (Fidelio) Antonovich Bruni (Russian: Фёдор Антонович Бруни; 10 June 1799, in Milan – 30 August 1875, in Saint Petersburg) was a Russian artist of Italian descent who worked in the Academic style. Biography His father, Antonio, was a Swiss Italian painter and art restorer who relocated to Russia in 1800 to work on a project at Saint Michael's Castle for Tsar Paul I.Russian Wikisource: Biography from the At the age of ten, he was enrolled at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Brazen Serpent (Bruni)
''The Brazen Serpent'' may refer to one of these paintings showing a scene from the Old Testament (Numbers 21: 6–9): * ''The Brazen Serpent'' (Rubens) -1635 and 1640 painting by Peter Paul Rubens * ''The Brazen Serpent'' (Leonardo) - 1630-1640 painting by the Aragonese artist Jusepe Leonardo * ''The Brazen Serpent'' (van Dyck) - 1618-1620 painting by the Flemish artist Anthony van Dyck {{DEFAULTSORT:Brazen Serpent, The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimir Borovikovsky
Vladimir Lukich Borovikovsky (russian: Влади́мир Луки́ч Боровико́вский, ukr, Володи́мир Лýкич Боровикóвський, ; July 24 O.S. (August 4, N.S.) 1757, Mirgorod – April 6 O.S. (April 18, N.S.) 1825, St. Petersburg) was a prominent Russian Imperial artist of Ukrainian Cossack background, who served at the court of Catherine the Great and dominated portraiture in the Russian Empire at the turn of the 19th century. Biography Vladimir Borovikovsky was born in Mirgorod, Cossack Hetmanate, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) on July 24, 1757 in a family with Ukrainian Cossack background. His father, Luka Borovik, was an icon-painter. According to the family tradition, all four of Borovik's sons served as Cossacks in Mirgorod regiment, but Vladimir retired early at the rank of poruchik and devoted his life to art — mostly icon painting for local churches. Borovikovsky lived in Mirgorod until 1788, where he painted icons and portraits i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portrait Of Murtaza Kuli Khan
A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expressions are predominant. The intent is to display the likeness, personality, and even the mood of the person. For this reason, in photography a portrait is generally not a snapshot, but a composed image of a person in a still position. A portrait often shows a person looking directly at the painter or photographer, in order to most successfully engage the subject with the viewer. History Prehistorical portraiture Plastered human skulls were reconstructed human skulls that were made in the ancient Levant between 9000 and 6000 BC in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B period. They represent some of the oldest forms of art in the Middle East and demonstrate that the prehistoric population took great care in burying their ancestors below their homes. The skulls denote some of the earliest sculptural examples of portraiture in the history of art. Historical portraitur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikhail Nesterov
Mikhail Vasilyevich Nesterov (russian: Михаи́л Васи́льевич Не́стеров; – 18 October 1942) was a Russian and Soviet painter; associated with the Peredvizhniki and Mir Iskusstva. He was one of the first exponents of Symbolist art in Russia. Biography He was born to a strongly patriarchal merchant family. His father was a draper and haberdasher, but always had a strong interest in history and literature. As a result, he was sympathetic to his son's desire to be an artist, but insisted that he acquire practical skills first and, in 1874, he was sent to Moscow where he enrolled at the Voskresensky Realschule. In 1877, his counselors suggested that he transfer to the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, where he studied with Pavel Sorokin, Illarion Pryanishnikov and Vasily Perov, who was his favorite teacher. In 1879, he began to participate in the school's exhibitions. Two years later, he entered the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Great Taking Of The Veil (Nesterov)
''The Great Taking of the Veil'' is an oil on canvas painting executed in 1897–98 by the Russian Symbolist painter Mikhail Nesterov. It is now in the collection of the Russian Museum in Saint Petersburg. The canvas depicts a solemn procession of nuns accompanying a novice to the taking of the veil in the Volga countryside, after which she would renounce her worldly life for a life of religious devotion in a nunnery. In the artist's words: "The theme is sad, but the reviving nature, the Russian north, quiet and delicate ... makes the picture touching, at least for those who have a tender feeling". It ensured Nesterov's election in 1898 to the Russian Imperial Academy of Arts. See also * ''100 Great Paintings ''100 Great Paintings'' is a British television series broadcast in 1980 on BBC 2, devised by Edwin Mullins.http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/series/11652 13 January 2007 He chose 20 thematic groups, such as war, the ...'', 1980 BBC series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
