The exposition is constructed in the form of dialogue between artists of different eras and countries. The exhibition features 52 artworks: paintings, sculptures, graphics on the "eternal" themes — "Love", "Heroism and Valor", "Life and Fate", "Man and World"

GMII named after A. S. Pushkin
1 December 2015 —-31 January 2016
Main building, Moscow, Volkhonka str., 12

In the Pushkin Museum Pushkin exhibition "the Eternal themes of art." Of the many stories selected four: "Love", "Heroism and Valor", "Life and Fate", "Man and World". The exposition is constructed in the form of dialogue between artists of different eras and countries. The exhibition features 52 artworks: paintings, sculptures, graphics.

the Theme of "Love" is revealed in the works of masters from ancient times to the present day: the statue of Unio nobleman with his wife and son, ancient Egyptian sculptor of the XVIII dynasty and ancient Aphrodite; is a complete way of spiritual love — "Madonna with Child" by a follower of the Renaissance artist Bernardino butanone and the image of cardiac care on the canvas Jean-Батиста Simeon Chardin "Prayer before lunch"; love-игра in "an Awkward proposal" Antoine Watteau and the sensual appreciation of beauty of the female body in the film Alexander Samokhvalov "After the cross".

the Theme of "Heroism and Valor" is represented by several sculptures, as heroic subjects require scale, emboss, monumental forms. Antique art shown the tomb of a warrior with spear and shield — rare piece of end II — beginning of the I century BC

Monuments to great generals — defenders of the Fatherland — are found in many cities around the world. At the exhibition they are represented by the Herm of Pericles and the statue of Alexander Suvorov M. I. Kozlovsky.

for the First time in Moscow will be shown alongside paintings by Nicolas Poussin "Tancred and Erminia" (GOE) and "Rinaldo and Armida" (the Pushkin Museum to them. A. S. Pushkin), created the stories of the knightly poem by torquato tasso "Jerusalem delivered".

the Category of "Life and Fate" includes paintings by Peter van der Willige "Allegory of impermanence", of Peter van der crosa "Storm at sea", Jan Bokhorst (?) and Peter Bula "Vanity of vanities" and, of course, a masterpiece of Bernardo Strozzi's "Allegory of the impermanence (Old coquette)".

Extensively presents works of Russian artists: "the witch of Endor causes the shadow of Samuel" Nikolai GE, "still life with mirror" Pavel Kuznetsov, "the Rock. Red wall" Wassily Kandinsky.

the infinite diversity of possible variants of the topic "Man and Peace" was chosen as the motif of a standing person, the ground and sky — scale vision of nature. These are paintings of "Landscape with scenes from lives of saints" Renaissance master Dosso Dossi, "Giant mountains" Caspar David Friedrich, "Water and stones under Palazzuolo" Alexander Ivanov, "Montagne Sainte Victoire (Landscape.)" by Paul cézanne. This epic in his sense of the world works corresponds to the scale of mirochuvstvovanie piercingly lyrical sketch "eternal rest" Isaac Levitan. Presentiment of the future, carrying threatening signs of global changes, full of paintings "celestial battle" Nicholas Roerich and "Space" Natalia Goncharova.

the Works presented at the exhibition are kept in collections of the Pushkin Museum to them. A. S. Pushkin, State Hermitage, State Tretyakov gallery, State Russian Museum, Serpukhov history and-художественного Museum, the State Museum-усадьбы "Arkhangelsk", Astrakhan picture gallery named after P. M. dogadina.

Source: arts-museum.ru