The master of Russian painting, Viktor Vasnetsov, completed hard work on the painting “God of Hosts” in 1896. The painting depicts a Christian deity, magnified by the Lord of forces. In other sources, his activity is associated with the liberation wars for the benefit of the captive Jewish people. The story of this mythical hero is found on the pages of the Old Testament.

Having embodied biblical truths in his painting “Christ and the Sinner”: “good always triumphs over evil”, “forgiveness is the way to God”, Polenov also selected the corresponding name for it. Initially, it sounded: "Which of you is without sin?", And the censors replaced: "Christ and the sinner." Under this name, the canvas was presented at the St. Petersburg exhibition, where it was bought by Alexander III - the Russian emperor.

In N., the first of them was created several years before the First World War. Another picture is thirty years later, in the midst of World War II. In the first picture, we see an Angel who descends from heaven to a burning Earth. In his hands is a spear with a point pointed to the sky, and a shield. The sky is almost completely hidden behind the clouds, on the earth you can see a bluish river and an emerald-green field with flowers, untouched by fire.

Friedrich is a German artist, one of the main representatives of romanticism. Like all other painters who preferred this genre, he put personality at the forefront as something capable of changing the world, if not by his deeds, then by perception. As something valuable and priceless, as something giving meaning to everything.

Grigory Grigorievich Myasoedov - was an active creative figure who played a significant role in the development of Russian art. His paintings were primarily addressed to the call for action. Numerous works by the artist convey a strong character and will. He strove to learn everything about everything: he participated in revolutions, studied folk traditions and much more.

The canvas was painted between 1837 and 1857, oil on canvas in Italy. The artist worked on its creation for the whole 20 years and put his whole soul into it. It is based on the third chapter of the Gospel of Matthew. This is not the first painting by Ivanov, which is written according to biblical subjects. "The Appearance of Christ to the People" was waiting for everyone who was interested in painting.