''The Ninth Wave'' (russian: Девятый вал, ''Dyevyatiy val'') is an
1850
Events
January–June
* April
** Pope Pius IX returns from exile to Rome.
** Stephen Foster's parlor ballad "Ah! May the Red Rose Live Alway" is published in the United States.
* April 4 – Los Angeles is incorporated as a city ...
painting by Russian-Armenian
marine painter Ivan Aivazovsky
Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky (russian: link=no, Иван Константинович Айвазовский; 29 July 18172 May 1900) was a Russian Romantic painter who is considered one of the greatest masters of marine art. Baptized ...
. It is his best-known work.
The title refers to an old sailing expression referring to a wave of incredible size that comes after a succession of incrementally larger waves.
Debating Globalization and the Ninth Wave
at University of Indiana Framing the Global Program Debate
It depicts a sea after a night storm and people facing death attempting to save themselves by clinging to debris from a wrecked ship. The debris, in the shape of the cross, appears to be a Christian metaphor for salvation from the earthly sin. The painting has warm tones, which reduce the sea's apparent menacing overtones and a chance for the people to survive seems plausible. This painting shows both the destructiveness and beauty of nature.
References
External links
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The Ninth Wave, 1850
at the Russian State Museum
Paintings by Ivan Aivazovsky
1850 paintings
Maritime paintings
Paintings in Saint Petersburg
Collections of the Russian Museum
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