Interesting facts about painting

Painting has always been a special area of art. After all, each artwork is unique: brush movements, density and saturation of colors will never be repeated completely. Moreover, paintings hold the secrets of the creator. Sometimes we manage to solve them, but many of them continue to be riddles, or simply stay unnoticed. In this regard, we present to your attention several facts about the world-famous masterpieces of painting.

"The Persistence of Memory"

Salvador Dali is the most prominent representative of surrealism. His paintings cannot be confused with anyone else. One of his most famous artworks, «The Persistence of Memory», has been a point of discussion for many years. In this picture, the painter depicted a watch that seemed to melt and spread over the branch, chest of drawers and face of a sleeping man. Many tried to understand the meaning of this painting, found a reference to Einstein's theory of relativity. In fact, the artist was inspired by Camembert cheese, which melted in the sun. This state Salvador Dali decided to convey in his famous artwork.

"The last supper"

Leonardo da Vinci is the author of many picturesque masterpieces of the Renaissance epoch. «The secret supper» — one of the most famous his artworks. After all, it carries a deep sense for the whole Christian world. The main heroes of the artwork are considered to be Jesus Christ and Judas. It is ironically, that the same person posed for both images with the interval of several years. Firstly, a young lad from the church choir perfectly fitted for the great master to create the Christ image. Three years later Leonardo saw a drunk man laying on the street and wrote the Judas image from him. After awaking the man told that his life used to be very different several years ago. He used to sing in the church choir and posed for the artist. By the willing of destiny, the same person was depicted on the canvas carrying two opposite characters.

"The Last Day of Pompeii"

The image of a woman at all times has inspired great men of art. This happened with outstanding artist, Karl Bryullov. One of the masterpieces of world painting, the artwork "The Last Day of Pompeii" belongs to his hand. After analyzing the painting, art critics came to the conclusion that in a crowd of people the artist at least 4 times embodied the image of his lover — countess Julia Samoilova in various young ladies.