Great artists of the world. Names and works

What creators can be worthy of the title "the mostgreat artists of the world "? They are figures of different epochs, they all created in different genres and achieved different heights, but all of them are united by the fact that their names will forever remain in the memory not only of people who are close to art but also ordinary people.

Great artists of the world of the Renaissance period

The era most rich in talented creators,this is, without doubt, the Renaissance. During this period, lived and created many famous masters. But the most famous of them is, of course, Leonardo da Vinci. Talented not only as an artist, but also as an inventor, he was able to achieve unprecedented heights. Although all this was happening and not without help from outside. The Medici family, patrons of art and patrons of art made the da Vinci success possible. The most famous work of the master is "Mona Lisa", or "Gioconda", which is still stored in the Louvre.

Other great artists of the world who created thisperiod, it's Michelangelo and Raphael. Michelangelo, like Da Vinci, was one of the most outstanding representatives of the "universal man." After all, he was strong not only in painting, but also in sculpture, architecture, philosophy. His most famous work is the Sistine Chapel. The ceiling of the building is completely covered with frescoes by Michelangelo, over which he worked for four years, during his work he was almost blind, but he made his name in world history. Rafael was partly a follower of the great da Vinci and Michelangelo, from whom he studied.

Modernity

After the Renaissance, a look at artcompletely changes, although after this period the great artists of the world appear who reinterpret old traditions. Several centuries later, the number of directions in painting has increased tremendously. To date, everyone knows the work of Picasso and Dali, which are already far from the canons of the past art, but they continue to worry.

In our time, too, the famousartists, but their paintings can hardly be called great, they are rather aimed at making money, and art is moving to the background. For example, Andy Warhol is one of the most popular artists of the last century, whose paintings are estimated in millions, and in reality there is little to be imagined from an artistic point of view.

Art in Russia

Some great artists of the world were fromRussia, although their fame spread throughout the world. The most famous of them are Aivazovsky (a marine painter of world renown), Rublev (one of the great icon painters, the author of the famous "Trinity") and Vasnetsov (author of the painting "Bogatyri").