Masterpieces of painting are rightfully the world heritage of Mankind. Some of the paintings adorn the world's greatest museums, while others have settled in private collections. Many of the works of artists, not recognized during his lifetime, are now sold at auctions for a lot of money. Not everyone has the opportunity to enjoy first-hand the world masterpieces of painting. We will try to fill this gap and present to your attention the most beautiful paintings in the world.
A small list of the most beautiful paintings according to most-beauty.ru:
1
The last day of Pompeii
To paint this picture, the Russian artist Karl Pavlovich Bryullov in 1828 specially visited Pompeii. Having made small sketches, the painter returned to Russia.
Work on the painting lasted three years, from 1830 to 1833. The first picture of a Russian artist, which aroused keen interest abroad.
For example, Walter Scott called it unusual and magnificent, and Alexander Pushkin, inspired by what he saw, wrote a poem.
Indeed, through vivid images, the game of chiaroscuro, the artist was able to really convey the tragic moment of the death of the ancient city.
2
The birth of Venus
Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli painted his masterpiece in 1486.
The magnificent Greek myth is based on the magnificent picture about the birth of the goddess of beauty from the sea foam of Cyprus. But to us it is better known under the name Aphrodite, in Roman mythology - Venus.
Thanks to the protective layer of egg yolk, with which the master prudently covered his masterpiece, the painting has been preserved in excellent condition to this day and is now exhibited in the Uffiza Gallery in Florence. On our site most-beauty.ru you can learn more about the most outstanding works of Sandro Botticelli.
3
Garden of Earthly Delights
The most famous and magnificent triptych of the Dutch painter Jeranim Bosch is now exhibited in the Prado Museum in Madrid.
The picture carries a great semantic load. In the central part depicts people who carelessly attached to voluptuousness.
The left side of the triptych depicts the pacific and calm garden of Eden, as a reminder that a person has lost as a result of sin.
The right part of the picture of Bosch shows a person the process of hellish torment. This part is full of all kinds of devilish mechanisms and instruments of torture.
Through many details, the artist managed to perfectly convey the overall plan. The triptych “Garden of Earthly Delights” is rightfully considered the most outstanding work of Jerome Bosch.
4
The night Watch
Amazing metamorphoses sometimes happen to paintings from the world treasury of paintings.
When in the 19th century this picture of Rembrandt was discovered, it was all covered in soot. The impression was that the action in the picture takes place at night, and it was called "Night Watch".
After the restoration of the painting, painted by the artist in 1642, it turned out that the action takes place on a sunny day.
In fact, this is a group portrait commissioned by the artist with 18 characters. But Rembrandt stepped back from the canons of the portrait and performed work in motion.
5
Trinity
The masterpiece of Russian icon painting “Trinity” was painted by Andrei Rublev in 1411.
The most famous Russian icon was the beginning of a new direction in the Russian icon-painting tradition. Andrei Rublev managed to prove with his works that Russian icon painters got out of the influence of the Byzantine school and originated their original principles of painting.
It is reliably proved that the Holy Trinity, like the frescoes in the Assumption Cathedral in Vladimir, belong to the brush of the great Russian icon painter Andrei Rublev.
6
Freedom Leading the People
A romantic and a dreamer, the founder of a romantic European style in painting, Eugene Delacroix could not help but touch upon the events of the struggle of the French people for their freedom.
Inspired by the feat of arms, Eugene painted a monumental picture in just three months. The center of the composition was a woman symbolizing freedom, with the flag of the republic in her hands. The unity of the French people is expressed in three figures, a worker, a bourgeois and a teenager.
“If I did not fight for the Motherland, then at least I will write for it!” - With these words, the artist presented his masterpiece to the world community.
7
Ninth shaft
One of the most outstanding paintings of the Russian painter Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky among his other masterpieces.
Painted in the style of romanticism, the picture has a deep meaning of the victory of man over the natural elements.
The image of the ninth rampart, as a fatal danger, originated in ancient times. The marinarian artist, with all the symbolism of the picture, managed to really convey the waves of the sea and people in distress. The rising sun, illuminating the waves, gives people on the wreckage of the ship, and to all of us, hope.
Perhaps today it is the most beautiful oil painting painted in the history of painting.
8
Starlight Night
The predawn starry sky in the picture of the great Dutch post-impressionist Vincent van Gogh impresses with its beauty and magnificence.
The picture gives the impression of the course of life. The fictional town, comfortably inscribed by the artist between the mountain hills, seems to be about to wake up.
A starry night with sunrise will be a thing of the past, but the artist has left us with its splendor and originality.
Now one of the most beautiful paintings in the world is in the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
9
Girl with a Pearl Earring
In its beauty and splendor, the painting of Jan Vermeer is not inferior to the famous painting of Leonardo da Vinci, because "Girl with a Pearl Earring" is often called the northern Mona Lisa.
The realism of the Dutch artist's painting is simply impressive. The girl was about to notice someone and turns her head to him. The viewer is attracted primarily by the soulful look of an attractive girl, arguing with the beauty of a pearl in the girl’s earring.
The original color scheme and manner of execution of the picture brought her into real masterpieces of world painting.
10
Blue dancers
The French impressionist Edgar Degas has many magnificent paintings, but in terms of beauty and emotionality, the Blue Dancers rightly hold the palm.
The amazing painting was done in pastel on paper and is now kept at the A. Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow.
The theme of dancers in Degas’s work was repeated more than once, but the compositional solution and color harmony of this picture impressed even sophisticated critics.
By the time of writing “Blue Dancers”, the artist had already seen poorly, and wrote it using large color, bright spots.
11
Girl on the Ball
Maybe someone will argue, but “Girl on the Ball” by Pablo Picasso, one of the most magnificent paintings in the world.
The whole composition of the picture is built on contrast. Femininity and grace of an acrobat, and the strength and monumentality of a circus athlete. The gloomy landscape is contrasted with the gaiety and idleness of the performance of artists of a traveling circus.
The great picture of the great artist is filled with the inner drama of that period. The painting was painted in 1905, when Mankind was on the verge of great changes and it was in the air and was reflected in the picture.
12
Mona Lisa
A masterpiece of world painting recognized by experts and the international community, Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa can rightfully be considered not only the most beautiful picture of the world, but also the most mysterious work.
The mysterious smile of the girl depicted on the canvas has been haunting critics and painters for five centuries. How many versions have already been put forward on the question of who is depicted in the magnificent picture.
Even versions were put forward that it was a self-portrait of Leonardo. Recent studies of the painting have gone from the image of the Mona Lisa, and went on to study the landscape behind the girl.
The great work of the greatest master and the most famous museum. "Mona Lisa" is exhibited in one of the halls of the Paris Louvre.
Finally
As you can see, gorgeous and beautiful paintings are written in different genres and using peculiar techniques. Complete the list in the comments, because many masterpieces were not included in our impromptu art gallery from most-beauty.ru.
It is entirely conceivable that someone has other preferences, and he will choose his list of beautiful paintings. But everything can be, and today a student is sitting at a school desk, who will write the most beautiful picture in the future, and she will worthily take her place among the world’s masterpieces of painting. But the most interesting, as is often the case in history, is that this student does not even attend art school.
In the comments, write what other beautiful paintings deserve to be on this list.