10 paintings by famous artists on biblical themes

How to Read Biblical Paintings: What Different Body Parts Symbolize in Christian Art

In the Christian understanding, the body is always an obstacle to seeing and understanding God. You can recall the Platonic concept of how the physical body of a person prevents him from understanding the divine plan and comprehending the essence of what is happening around him. The reason for this is that the carnal part of the human being is distracted by primitive animal senses. In this sense, the depiction of biblical figures has always been at least a controversial activity

Why the famous socialist realist Geliy Korzhev began to paint Turkic mutants and paintings on biblical motives

In recent years, interest in the work of Soviet artists has been reviving in the art world. And there was a time when their works were written off to a landfill, and their names were denigrated by newfangled critics and art critics of the new formation. From the Soviet period, the legacy of only a few artists remained intact, among which is the name of Geliy Korzhev, who possessed an amazing gift of vision and was able to masterfully convey in one gesture, in facial expression, what a whole generation was thinking about

How the world's most famous paintings were created: Intriguing stories of great artists' paintings

Grigory Landau, a journalist and philosopher, once said: "Art is a dialogue in which the interlocutor is silent." Painting is a subtle art, allegorical, emotional, giving freedom of interpretation. This is a whole world of unsolved secrets and unsolved mysteries. Let's try to open the veil of secrecy over the history of the creation of the most famous canvases of great artists

Deserted paintings by famous artists. Art project Abandoned Paintings Hajdu Bence

Accustomed to the fact that it is always noisy and bustling around, cars scurry along the roads, and passers-by along the streets, we can hardly imagine what could have been, and once it was, quite differently. Quiet urban landscapes by Andy Rudak seem unusual, deserted cities in Lucie & Simon's photographs seem strange … The famous paintings of Renaissance artists, from which all people suddenly left, leaving the landscapes lonely, look just as amazing and strange

Paintings on neo-religious themes. Creativity Teiji Hayama

Hardly anyone perceives icons as painting, creativity, art. As well as a pectoral cross - as an accessory, decoration. These religious attributes are considered something like talismans, amulets and are never displayed. The walls in the house are not decorated with icons, church crosses are not worn over evening dresses like a necklace … Unusual paintings by the Japanese artist Teiji Hayama look like an intermediate link between icon painting and art. At least the religious theme is like a red thread