Shedevry iskusstva - Natal'ia Kortunova

Art is multifaceted: it is a diverse and rich world of beautiful images, it is a flight of fantasy and at the same time the desire to understand the meaning of life and being, it is an incredible concentration of creative energy of man. Art is the beautiful and sad faces of Madonna, looking at us from the canvases of Renaissance artists, the strict beauty of ancient statues, the aspiration of the gothic cathedrals, the airiness and overflowing of flowers on the canvases of the Impressionists... What we call art today has been present in human life since time immemorial. Paintings, sculptures, architectural structures, even everyday objects, preserved for many millennia, now make up a huge artistic heritage of mankind. To navigate in these numerous monuments is sometimes quite difficult, especially since at the same time in art could coexist in parallel different style directions, and some masters sought to imitate their great predecessors, living in the distant past. A guide in the complex and confusing world of art will serve this book, with which you will learn in detail the specific features of some of its types, learn to understand different artistic styles, learn about the most famous works created by famous painters, architects and sculptors.