The work of Leonardo Da Vinci "Portrait of Ginevra de Benchi" refers to the early work of the artist. The artist often painted women, this is one of the distinguishing features of his work. In addition, facial features are drawn so distinctly and vividly that it is not at all difficult to guess the thoughts and feelings of models.

Many Renaissance artists depicted the image of St. Catherine. The well-known Italian craftsman Raphael, who depicted the Christian martyr St. Catherine, who leaned on a wheel, was no exception. The canvas was allegedly created in 1507, when Rafael decided to move from Florence to Rome.

Aivazovsky at the peak of his artistic activity was able to create one of his most beautiful paintings, entitled “The Calm Sea.” Naturally, all the artist’s paintings are united solely by the marine theme, but at the same time, this picture differs significantly from the author’s similar works, precisely because she has a certain spiritual maturity and emotional poise, despite the fact that the period of writing the picture falls at the time of rethinking his life.

Diego Velazquez was a big fan of biblical subjects, but he depicted them, like his other paintings in his own way, in the same manner of writing. The painting “Christ in the House of Martha and Mary” was created after long months of painstaking work in 1618 and was Velasquez's own interpretation of one of the stories recorded in the Gospel of Luke and telling about Jesus coming to the house of two sisters - Martha and Mary.

Even the very first paintings of the young artist Nikolai Krymov made it clear that a city dweller burst into the Russian landscape, who, like no other, can truly appreciate the beauty of nature among urban houses and feel the power of outer space amidst mortal fuss and noise. the city exhibition, the teacher of the art class liked the professor so much that he acquired a painting.

The idea of ​​the picture arose at Kustodiev during his stay at the Hermitage Hotel, whose windows overlook the Volga embankment. It was she who served as the prototype of the holiday of life that was captured by the artist — cozy stalls with sweets, street tea drinking, marinas with steamboats, the Resurrection Cathedral, visible on the other side of the Volga, and all this space is filled with philistines, merchants, in general, purely “Kustodievsky” characters.