Great artists of the world. Names and works

What creators can be worthy of the title "the greatest 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 is, without a 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 kept in the Louvre.

Other great artists of the world, who created during this period, are Michelangelo and Raphael. Michelangelo, like Da Vinci, was one of the most prominent representatives of the "universal human being." 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 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 period, the view of art changes completely, 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 enormously. 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.

Nowadays, there are also famous artists, but their paintings can hardly be called great, they are rather aimed at making money, and art fades into the background. For example, Andy Warhol - one of the most popular artists of the last century, whose paintings are estimated in the millions, but in reality there is little that they represent from an artistic point of view.

Art in Russia

Some of the great artists of the world were from Russia, 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").