On each canvas of the famous marine painter Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky, the sea is especially. Somewhere it is tender and soft, somewhere it is beautiful in the manifestation of anger. In the painting "Seascape with the wreckage of a ship under moonlight", painted in oil in 1863, the artist depicts the seashore at night. A large yellow moon hung in the sky, the edges of which are difficult to make out - the light emanating from it is so bright. Scraps of dark clouds are floating across the sky, which seem to be about to settle on the ground, turning into fog. The sea, lit by the moon in places, is completely black in the middle, and in this darkness the artistic viewer sees the silhouette of the wreckage of a small ship. To the right, on the shore, the outlines of a group of people are visible, one of which indicates what used to be a sea vessel. Apparently, the ship just recently crashed, and the sea washed it ashore, to the land where it was not expected. And somewhere far away, perhaps the relatives of the wrecked travelers, await the arrival of the ship on an empty shore. A feature of the painting "Seascape with the wreckage of a ship under the moonlight" is that the artist does not use a diverse color palette and is content with a rather modest set of colors. In the picture, we see different shades of yellow and brown, as well as gray and black. This is not a multi-plot picture, it represents only one episode - how the wreckage of the ship landed on the shore.
Aivazovsky divides the canvas into two contrasting color palette parts - sky and water. Thus, the artist conveys a feeling of anxiety and confusion that occurs on the verge of a natural disaster, in other words, the calm before the storm. The sky was covered with gray clouds, in the center - a still bright horizon. In the distance you can see a small ship that does not yet know what it will meet. To the left of it are the blurry features of land. Clouds in the sky and waves repeat each other's pattern.
For Aivazovsky, the main thing in painting is not what he depicts, but how he does it. So in this landscape, it is not the fate of the crashed ship that comes to the fore, but the night seascape. The main thing on the canvas is the play of the moon, its reflection from the sea surface, the depth of the starless night sky, illuminated by the moon and covered with clouds. The sea on this canvas is calm, apart from very small waves.
Depicting a human tragedy against the backdrop of a seascape, Ivan Aivazovsky invites the artistic spectator to speculate about the transience of life and the fragility of a human being. And again, Ivan Aivazovsky demonstrates his mastery of depicting the majesty of nature. He presents an eternal landscape, confronting him with a human tragedy - the wreck of a ship. The sky and the moon depicted on the canvas are striking in their realism and beauty. From the picture emanates calmness and eternity, the grandeur of the surrounding world, a sense of the transience of human life.
From childhood, the artist loved the sea, creating a poetic image, conveying the breath and movements of the water element. Each time, approaching the easel, he gave free rein to his imagination, because thanks to his own method, he painted pictures from memory.
The sea was Aivazovsky's inspiration. Often in his paintings you can see night seascapes, people admiring the beautiful nature. The artist creates deep and colorful combinations on the canvas that can amaze with their splendor.
Storm on the sea on a moonlit night.
Storm at night. Aivazovsky
The artist created images of nocturnal nature in all its endless variability: either in the form of a calm surface, or in the form of a raging formidable water element. He was able to depict all the effects of moonlight with illusionistic precision. It is on the moon that you should pay attention first of all. Unlike the moon in the north, where it is a small, almost invisible spot, in the Crimea it shines so that thunderous clouds will soon lose their strength.
Aivazovsky's work "" was created in 1849. It is permeated with the rays of the sun, full of light and air, and has an optimistic character, despite the dramatic nature of the image. The color scheme of the painting is shades of pink, purple and yellow combined with emerald green in the sky, dark blue, purple and green in the water. Judging by the fact that the ship is depicted without sails, the wind is not going to gain full power, and the waves will not swallow the ship into the depths of the sea. We can observe that the moon illuminates the way for the wanderers, preventing them from fading into pitch darkness.
A huge wave, pierced by the light of the moon, shows all the transparency of emerald water with glare-inducing facets and foaming crests. By the light of the moon, they break out of the dark abyss, thereby angrily showing that in front of us is a raging element.
Description of the painting by Aivazovsky Odessa at night
Having lived all his life by the sea, the artist could not but be imbued with its sublimity and grace, and sing this beauty in his works. The painting “Odessa at night” was painted, like practically all the others, from memory, in its own way of conveying all the splendor of the sea element.
Along the right edge of the image is a row of houses, dimly lit by moonlight, which gradually dissolves into the sea. The unusual bright yellow light of the moon illuminates nearby depicted objects, allowing the viewer to see everything that is located around. Many critics wrote that before no one could convey light and water so realistically and vividly.
On the canvas, we can see a lonely warship, experiencing the rarest moments of beauty, which, most likely, will never see again. Difficulties and battles are foreshadowed by ominous and menacing clouds hanging over him.
Description of the painting by Aivazovsky Night in Crimea
One of the most romantic works of Aivazovsky is Night in the Crimea. The painting was painted by the artist in 1859.
Rising above Mount Ayu-Dag, the moon fills the surrounding landscape with a bewitching golden light. The slopes of Bear Mountain are also golden.
Aivazovsky loves to depict the sea in a formidable and raging image, however, on this canvas depicting an amazing Crimean night, nothing portends trouble. The artist painted a romantic landscape depicting a full moon over the Black Sea coast. Under the golden moonlight, in the bay, small silhouettes of ships are barely visible.
Other paintings on the night theme
Caspar David Friedrich. "Wanderer over the sea of fog". 1818
This is one of the iconic paintings of the era of romanticism, where everything was about a proud loner, solitude, powerful elements.
Claude Lorrain. "The Landing of the Queen of Sheba". 1648.
In that era, it was not yet fashionable to paint independent landscapes, painters were forced to "screw" some biblical or mythical story to them to justify the chosen topic.
I. Aivazovsky. "The Ninth Wave". 1850
Claude Monet. "Impression. Sunrise". 1872
This painting depicting the port of Le Havre gave rise to Impressionism.
Rembrandt. "Storm on the Lake of Galilee". 1633
A painting famous not only for being Rembrandt's only landscape, but also for its theft in 1990.
Hokusai. "The Great Wave in Kaganava". 1823-31
True, this is not a "picture", but an engraving, but still great, and let it be here.
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In general, incorrect word usage infuriates me, especially in journalism, for which words, in theory, are the main and only building material.
Look, the recent news on the website of "Evening Moscow": "During the cleaning in the Vatican, two paintings by Raphael were found" and there the first phrase is "The found canvases were considered lost for five hundred years."
What words are used incorrectly? " Paintings" And " canvases".
Because upon careful study of the topic, for example, on the TASS website, it turned out that this is the story.
It has long been known that when painting the walls of the Vatican with frescoes as part of a huge team of painters, Raphael painted two figures not normally, with standard plaster materials, but with oil paints.
But no one knew what these figures were and where they were located.
And recently, restorers were putting in order a huge wall, painted with a colossal fresco with an insane number of figures, and discovered that two aunts in all this crowd were painted in oil there.
Therefore, these two figures were written by Raphael. (from my beloved Nikolai Podosokorsky).
Here in this mess identified two aunts.
It is correct to say in this case "two fragments of frescoes were identified", and not "paintings".
A picture is a mobile thing, consider furniture, antiques to decorate an apartment, you can take it under your armpit and take it away (test question). If a painted work of art cannot be stolen twice, it is not a "picture".
With "canvases" - it's even easier, it's stupidly something painted on a canvas, on a canvas. On a rag! If a picture is not painted on canvas, but on wood, then it is no longer possible to say “canvas” about it - for example, Gioconda is painted on poplar => not a canvas.
Okay, I got carried away, sorry.
Brueghel. "The Fall of Icarus". OK. 1558
The only painting by Brueghel on an antique story. However, now they assume that the author is still not him.
Arkady Rylov. "In the blue space" . 1918
Claude Joseph Vernet. "Entrance to the port of Palermo by moonlight", 1769
A rare example of a night landscape for the 18th century.
Claude Monet. Rocks in Etretat. 1885
Well, let there be a second Monet, he is so good, and completely different.
Alexey Bogolyubov. "Battle of Athos June 19, 1807". 1853
Ilya Repin. "What space." 1903
I want to go to Koktybel. Only not in the current one, but in the one in which I was twenty-something.
Canaletto. Bacino di San Marco, 1738
However, Venice will also do, even modern, okay, wrap it up.
Whistler. "Symphony in gray and green. Ocean". 1866-72
Do you see the passion for Japanese prints in this landscape?
It cannot be said that this is a directly "famous" seascape, but I will continue to put less popular things, but from famous artists.
Turner. "The last voyage of the ship" Courageous ". 1739
With Turner it is difficult to choose one thing, he is entirely a genius, however, this is not realized at first sight, but with some effort, approximately the one required to adapt to Brodsky's poems.
Hans Gude. "Fjord at Sandviken". 1879
Van Gogh. "View of the sea near Le Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer", 1888
Winslow Homer. Moonlight. 1875
Homer is generally a very good artist, look at him.
Okay, here's another one.
Winslow Homer. On the beach. 1869
Nikolai Dubovsky. "Hushed up." 1890
This is the Baltic coast.
Arkhip Kuindzhi. "Seashore with a rock" 1898-1908.
This is Crimea. For some reason, no one draws the resorts of the Krasnodar Territory ...
Valentin Serov. "Odysseus and Nausicaa". 1910
It is drawn in gouache, which means "drawing". Watercolor is also a "drawing". The painting is only in oil or tempera. English is spoken by watercolor painting, Russian is not allowed.
Let there be another Kuindzhi. "Sea". 1898-1908
Joaquin Sorolla. "Children on the Beach" 1910
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