Today at the State Museum of Fine Arts named after AS Pushkin opens exhibition of about 100 outstanding works of paintings and drawings from the collections of major museums in the world

today at the State Museum of Fine Arts The Pushkin exhibition called "Faces of history in European art of the XIX century" of Russian and foreign museums in the famous "December Evenings Richter . The main idea of the "December Evenings" has always been the idea of the unity of culture and art - a reconstruction of the image of an epoch in the synthesis of music, painting, poetry and drama.

exhibition "Faces of history in European art XIX Century "includes about 100 paintings and drawings from the collections of major museums in the world. She invites the viewer to interact with one of the most complex, multifaceted and interesting topics in European art of modern times, is still poorly understood. Over the centuries, due to global political and social changes in society and painters all retreated further from the general canons and rules adopted by the images of historical subjects, defending his own view of the topic.

XIX century in European culture - time of radical change. The rapid change in the rhythm of life and death of ancient traditions and practices, the scientific discoveries of archaeologists and the bold hypothesis of the philosophers and biologists, bloody revolution and the invention of the steam engine, colonization and new geographical discoveries destroyed usual for a man a picture of the world. Every day is lost its stability, and future - predictability. The only stable support has been a past that was perceived as a "golden age" in the history of mankind.

Compared with their predecessors, the artists of the XIX century unusually extended historical themes in painting. They are now treated not only to antiquity, but also to the history of his people, literary works and medieval sources. Characters their monumental canvases became writers and artists, scientists and travelers - the heroes whose life and deeds have left a significant mark in history. Such figures as Galileo, Christopher Columbus, Jacques Stella, Friedrich Schiller, Benvenuto Cellini is often acquired acute significance and relevance in modern life, seething with various events. In place of the biblical kings and Roman generals increasingly came unknown to the general public the rulers of the Middle Ages with vivid and unusual fate. Among them - the Queen Fredegund - an active participant in the long bloody struggle in the way of the Merovingians, King Rudolf of Habsburg, the first representative of the Habsburg dynasty on the throne of the Holy Roman Empire and founder of the Austrian monarchy, the Emperor Maximilian, who had conquered half the world successful dynastic marriages of their children and grandchildren, and many other characters .

This ambitious exhibition project gives the viewer a unique opportunity to get acquainted with a whole epoch in European art. It shows how the expectations and aspirations of the people who lived in times of political crises and economic conflicts and scientific discoveries, were reflected in works from different art schools.

Among the masterpieces presented in the exhibition - the famous sketch to the "Oath of the Horatii" J.-L. David, linen D. Ingres, Delacroix, E., O. Daumier, A. Menzel, graphics F. Goya, works of artists nazareytsev and the best works Raphaelites, paintings painters of the Russian School, presented as masterpieces and little-known Moscow public works from museums in Russia. Many of the works relate to historical events that shook Europe during the whole XIX century.

exhibition is an excellent example of the desire of European cultures to the unity and interpenetration of that, however, never interfered with them to preserve national identity . Participation in exhibitions of Russian artists allows for a fresh look at Russian art of the XIX century and once again proves that Russia is an integral part of the common European cultural space. At the exhibition you will see one of the earliest sketches of the famous painting K. Briullov «Last Days of Pompeii" biblical sketches AA Ivanov , history of VISurikova , and much more.

Spectators can also see the works of decorative art, which will serve perfect complement to the painting. Objects that surround people of that era, in detail tell about their lives, hopes, tastes and hobbies.

In addition, the exhibition will be presented and sculpture, revealing a historical theme. This part of the exhibition all the more interesting that it was in the XIX century, in addition to the statues of famous kings and military leaders began to appear the images of men of science and art.

exhibition "Faces of history in European art of the XIX century" Not only will the audience a huge layer of culture, but also give impetus to further study this phenomenon.

musical program of the project reflects the main idea of the exhibition. On the historical subjects, personalities, the characters of any historical event will tell the visitor "program" music - that is, having a verbal, SCN, revealing it was depicted in the content, such as oratorios, operas and symphonies.

In the music program of the festival this year is primarily operatic music: excerpts from operas by Russian classic Mikhail Glinka, Modest Mussorgsky, Alexander Borodin, a specially trained opera by Rimsky-Korsakov" Mozart and Salieri "in the text of one of the" Little Tragedies "by A. Pushkin, where the heroes are historical figures. There would be such a significant phenomenon in the musical culture, as the Hamburg Opera XVIII century - the first public opera house in Germany: will hear very rarely performed excerpts from the works of Mattheson, Kaiser, Telemann, Conrad, was created as a response to political events at that time.

Source: mkrf.ru