Art. Full immersion - course RUB 13,950. from Synchronization, training 6 months, Date November 29, 2023.

Learn to analyze masterpieces

In the block “History of Art in 10 Masterpieces” we reveal the secrets of paintings by Da Vinci, Rubens, Picasso and more

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Ancient Greece: Parthenon
You will learn about the main features of ancient Greek art using the example of the Athens Parthenon and learn to distinguish between different periods in the art of Ancient Greece.

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Ancient Rome: statue of Octavian Augustus
You will learn how Roman art differs from Greek art, and see the differences between Republican and Imperial art of Rome.

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Middle Ages: sculptures of the cathedral of the monastery of Saint-Denis
You will understand the characteristic features of medieval art using the example of the sculpture of the cathedral of the monastery of Saint-Denis, and also learn to analyze the art of Romanesque and Gothic.

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Renaissance: The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci
You will understand the characteristic features of the Renaissance using the example of “The Last Supper” by Leonardo da Vinci, and you will also understand how the Early, High and Late Renaissance differ from each other.

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Baroque: "The Raising of the Cross" by Peter Paul Rubens
You will understand the characteristic features of Baroque art using the example of the painting “The Raising of the Cross” by Peter Paul Rubens, and you will also learn why the 17th century became a turning point in the history of art.

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Romanticism and neoclassicism: “The Death of Marat” by Jacques-Louis David and “The Raft of the Medusa” by Theodore Gericault
You will learn what romanticism is in art, using the example of “The Raft of the Medusa” by Theodore Gericault. You will understand the characteristic features of neoclassical art using the example of “The Death of Marat” by Jacques-Louis David. You will understand the differences between these two styles - visual and conceptual.

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Realism and impressionism: “Place de la Concorde” by Edgar Degas
You will learn what political events and philosophical concepts gave rise to the art of realism, with the help of what techniques can be used to depict the surrounding reality and what is the revolutionary nature of the innovations of the impressionists.

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Avant-garde: "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon" by Pablo Picasso
You will study the characteristic features of avant-garde art using the example of Pablo Picasso’s “Les Demoiselles d’Avignon”, and also understand the numerous movements of art of the early twentieth century.

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Contemporary art: “The Energy of Peace” by Marina Abramovic
You will formulate the basic principles of contemporary art using the example of Marina Abramovic’s performances, and also draw up a map of trends and forms of contemporary art.

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You will begin to understand the hidden meanings of the paintings

In the block “What the artist hid” we study the main genres and subjects in painting and learn to read symbols

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Religious painting: Peter Paul Rubens, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Salvador Dali
The first genre in the history of European painting was religious. Without it, it is impossible to imagine the emergence and development of other painting genres. Artists of various eras and styles turned to biblical subjects - from Renaissance masters to surrealists. At the webinar we will figure out where, how and why religious painting originated.

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Mythological painting: Titian, Francois Boucher, Francisco Goya
After studying religious painting, we will learn how ancient myths were reflected in art. Throughout history, artists have been interested not only in Christian saints, but also in pagan gods. Athena, Zeus, Aphrodite and Odysseus more than once became heroes in the paintings of brilliant painters. At the webinar we will find out why mythological stories are relevant at all times.

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History painting: Caravaggio, Jacques Louis David, Jean-Leon Gerome
Sometimes it can be difficult to draw the line between myth and real history. Especially when it comes to “legends of deep antiquity.” At the heart of historical painting is the desire to tell about the most important events, but can this be done objectively? Let's find out in the webinar!

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Portrait and domestic genre: Georges de La Tour, Peter Paul Rubens, Diego Velazquez
In the history of art, the portrait has almost always been popular, but the everyday genre with its scenes of everyday life became relevant only in modern times. Despite their different development histories, these genres are united by their ambiguity. What is it? We'll find out in the webinar.

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Landscape: El Greco, Caspar David Friedrich, Eugene Delacroix
Despite the fact that landscape elements can be found in rock paintings, this genre was not in demand for many centuries. Only from the 16th century the situation began to gradually change, and the image of nature began to play a big role. Let's find out why images of nature in paintings were only a background for a long time.

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Still life: Peter Aertsen, Caravaggio, Pablo Picasso
Despite its apparent simplicity, still life can be called one of the most mysterious genres. We have already talked more than once about signs and symbols that allowed artists to fill their paintings with hidden meanings. Still life is a genre that for most of its history has been built almost exclusively on symbols. Let's find out how and when still life became a separate genre.

Understand cubism, futurism and other isms

In the block “Main -isms in art” we get acquainted with the main directions of modern art and learn to distinguish between them

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Impressionism: Monet, Renoir, Serov, Korovin
The first exhibition of French impressionists in Paris took place in 1874. The Russian painter Vasily Polenov also appeared there, who, together with Valentin Serov and Konstantin Korovin, developed the ideas and techniques of impressionism on Russian soil. Russian impressionists differed from the French: they used more complex and earthy colors and painted works over a long period of time, rather than in a couple of plein air sessions.

At the webinar we will learn why the history of modernism began with impressionism in Europe. We'll see how Russian artists rethought the techniques of their Western colleagues, and we'll figure out how they worked with color and light. Let's find out how the sketch in Russia became a full-fledged work of art.

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Neo-primitivism: Gauguin, Matisse, Rousseau, Pirosmani
Artists of the early 20th century wanted to look at the world with an open mind. To do this, they turned to naive art: Gauguin went to Tahiti for inspiration, Picasso looked for beauty in ancient wooden figurines and masks, and Matisse experimented with pure color, as in medieval stained glass. Russian artists chose a more radical path: they began to imitate the style of folk art.

At the webinar we will find out where the Russian neo-primitivists drew inspiration and why they liked the popular popular print and the Russian icon. Let's find out what techniques the artists used to work with color, and compare the paintings of the main representatives of the movement in France and the Russian Empire - Henri Rousseau and Niko Pirosmani.

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Cubism and Futurism: Picasso, Braque, Malevich
In the late 1900s, Cubism appeared in France, and Futurism appeared in Italy. The Cubists tried to depict an object from several sides at once, and the Futurists tried to glorify speed and show the object in motion. They abandoned classical ideas about working with form and color and moved closer to abstraction. Russian artists in the mid-1910s combined and transformed these theories and created a new direction - Cubo-Futurism.

At the webinar we will find out which collectors brought cubists to Russia and how Picasso’s works influenced Russian artists. Let's find out what “simultaneous vision” is and see how artists conveyed movement, speed and noise on canvas.

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Constructivism: Rodchenko, Stepanova, Tatlin, Ginzburg
Constructivism simultaneously emerged in the late 1920s in the USSR and Europe and sought to make art more functional. For example, the main Soviet constructivists - Alexander Rodchenko and Varvara Stepanova - drew advertising posters and sketches for industrial products. At that time, their colleagues at the Bauhaus school in Germany were solving approximately the same problems: they were designing houses of the future and were engaged in design.

At the webinar we will find out how artists tried to benefit society in Russia and Europe and how these approaches differed. Let's study Tatlin's utopian projects, Rodchenko's new photographic techniques and the architectural solutions of Ginzburg and the Vesnin brothers. Let's talk about the Bauhaus followers and the projects they implemented in the USSR.

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Expressionism: Kirchner, Kandinsky, Mark, Deineka
In Europe, expressionism appeared in the first decade of the twentieth century and was represented by two prominent groups artists: “The Bridge” led by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and “The Blue Rider” by Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Brand. The expressionists sought to convey feelings on canvas and to do this they used colors and deformed the shapes of the human body. In Russia, this movement began to develop in 1994, when an exhibition of German expressionists was held in Moscow.

At the webinar we will learn how the expressionists differed from the fauves, who also loved bright colors. Let's learn to distinguish between the expressionism of artists from Munich and Dresden and see how expressionism was reflected in the early work of Alexander Deineka, known for his works in the style of socialist realism.

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Abstract art: Mondrian, Kandinsky, Malevich
The first abstract works appeared in the 1910s simultaneously by several artists. In Russia, Kazimir Malevich wrote “Black Suprematist Square”, Wassily Kandinsky in Germany - expressive improvisations, and Piet Mondrian in Holland - compositions of horizontal and vertical figures. To contemporaries of artists, non-objective painting seemed something revolutionary, but after the Second World War, the language of abstraction became the only possible one for many painters.

At the webinar, we will find out how Malevich’s suprematism differs from Mondrian’s neoplasticism, and Pollock’s abstract expressionism from Rothko’s color field painting. Let's find out why abstraction was banned for a long time in the USSR and was revived only during the “thaw”, when foreign exhibitions began to take place in the country.

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Conceptualism: Kossuth, Kabakov, Pivovarov
Conceptualists believe that the main thing in a work of art is the idea. Thanks to her, an ordinary urinal or any other household item can become a masterpiece. The first conceptual works of the Frenchman Marcel Duchamp appeared back in the 20s, and conceptualism finally took shape in the West only half a century later. In the USSR, conceptualism developed in the 70s and 80s and was distinguished by the fact that it analyzed the boundaries of Soviet reality and, for example, life in a communal apartment.

At the webinar we will study the works of the Western ideologist of conceptualism Joseph Kosuth, and find out which three chairs he exhibited in the museum. Let's find out how artists Ilya Kabakov and Viktor Pivovarov created their own Moscow conceptualism. Let's figure out why artists abandoned representation, and see how they used texts and diagrams in their works.

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Pop art: Warhol, Lichtenstein, Bulatov
Pop art appeared in the West in the 50s and 60s in response to the spread of mass culture and the development of a consumer society. Then Andy Warhol created famous images of pop culture icon Marilyn Monroe, and Roy Lichtenstein created comic paintings. In the USSR, artists at that time produced only ideological clichés and heard almost nothing about pop art.

At the webinar we will talk about the works of the most famous pop art artists Warhol and Lichtenstein. Let's find out why the artist Tom Wesselman depicted naked American women and why he called these girls great. We will find out how Soviet artists in the 70s created a new direction at the intersection of socialist realism and pop art - social art, and see how socialist art ridiculed propaganda in the USSR.

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Hyperrealism: Close, Betchley, Faibisovich
Hyperrealism arose in the United States in the late 60s and announced, in the words of philosopher Jean Baudrillard, the death of reality. Hyperrealists tried to comprehend the world around them, but in an unusual way: they took a photograph and copied it on an enlarged scale onto canvas. In Russia, the heyday of hyperrealism occurred in the late 70s, when the conflict between man and Soviet reality intensified.

At the webinar we will see what technical techniques hyperrealists used to transfer images from photographic photographs onto canvas. Let's find out why artists paid attention to shiny and reflective objects and why hyperrealism was not banned in the USSR. Let's see what scenes from Soviet life were captured in their works by the main Russian hyperrealists Semyon Faibisovich and Sergei Sherstyuk.

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Actionism: Klein, Abramovich, E.T.I, “War”
Actionism blurs the boundaries between life and art and proves that the artist and his actions have the same value as the painting. The beginnings of actionism can already be found in the work of the avant-garde artists of the early 20th century and in the way Kazimir Malevich walked around Moscow with a wooden spoon in his buttonhole. In the West, performance art flourished in the 60s, and in Russia only in the 90s.

At the webinar we will learn what the artistic tactics of “attack” and “direct action” are and compare the actions of Russian and Western artists. Let's figure out why the Frenchman Yves Klein coated naked models with paint and rolled them across the canvas, while Marina Abramovich and her lover Ulay intertwined their hair and sat motionless back to back for 17 hours. Let's find out what the Russian artists who crawled from the metro station to the monument to Vladimir Mayakovsky wanted to say.

Meet brilliant artists from different countries

In the “World Art Tour” block we will go on an exciting journey through the countries where geniuses created

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Italy. Part 1: Ancient Rome, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Giotto, Bernini
It seems that the history of Italian art is a story of continuous success, because it discovered something new almost every century. But painting on a European scale was not always in Italy! At the webinar, we’ll talk about the times when no one remembered Italian art, and we’ll understand how these downs alternated with ups.

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Italy. Part 2: Bernini, Caravaggio, Tiepolo, Modigliani, Fontana
By the 17th century, two dissimilar styles had emerged from the Italian Renaissance: emotional baroque and strict classicism. In the webinar we will find out how such contrasting styles developed side by side. Let us understand why in the 18th century Italian painting faded into the background. Let's go through the difficult 19th century, in which Italian art tried to return to the European Olympus after a period of oblivion. And, of course, we will see how in the 20th century the country became the birthplace of futurism.

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Spain: Velazquez, Goya, Picasso, Dali, Miro
Today it is difficult to imagine Western art without Diego Velazquez, Francisco Goya and Pablo Picasso. However, for a long time Spain was under the influence of other states, a stuffy climate of unfreedom reigned in the country, and the activities of artists were strictly controlled by the Inquisition. At the webinar we will find out how in such an atmosphere masters of amazing strength were able to emerge. Let's see a cardiogram of the development and decline of Spanish art.

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Austria: Klimt, Schiele, Kokoschka, Moser
The image of Austria is luxurious palaces in which the music of Mozart and Beethoven sounds, quaint buildings of the Vienna Secession and coffee shops with standard desserts. But Austria has become one of the cultural centers of Europe not only thanks to music and architecture - painting also plays a role in this! At the webinar we will discover the works of expressionists Egon Schiele and Oskar Kokoschka, paintings by the Viennese Art Nouveau master Koloman Moser and dozens of other original artists. And, of course, let's talk about the main Austrian star - Gustav Klimt.

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Netherlands: Bruegel, Bosch, Vermeer, Mondrian
The Netherlands can rightly be called a country of artists. In almost every era, a master appeared in this small state, who is now considered a star of the first magnitude. In the 15th century, Jan van Eyck and Hieronymus Bosch worked there, in the 16th century - Pieter Bruegel (even two: the Elder and the Younger), in the 17th - Rembrandt and Vermeer, in the 19th - Vincent Van Gogh and Piet Mondrian. On their native land, they not only painted pictures, they experienced the quiet and cozy Dutch world, in which the entire universe could be reflected. At the webinar, we will try to find commonality in the paintings of these artists, feel the spirit of Dutch art and understand how it influenced the whole of Europe for centuries.

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France: Poussin, Courbet, Monet, Degas, Cezanne
We know France as a country of art and a center of attraction for artists from all over the world. Picasso came here for inspiration from Spain, Van Gogh from the Netherlands, Repin, Chagall and many others from Russia. Revolutionary art styles were born here, and new names were discovered by collectors. At the webinar we will find out how Paris gained the status of the capital of painting.

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Russia: Rublev, Surikov, Repin, Bakst, Malevich
Until the end of the 17th century, there was no other art in Russia other than religious art. But with the advent of secular painting, Russian art literally in 200 years went from the first oil portraits and landscapes to the avant-garde with its refusal to depict reality on canvas. At the webinar we will trace the main stages in the development of Russian painting and try to answer the question of what its originality lies.

Answer the most important questions about art

In the block “Main questions about art” we will figure out what makes a painting a masterpiece and an artist a genius

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General questions about art
To learn to understand art, you need to understand the meanings and ideas that are embedded in it, and understand what role art plays in a person’s life. We will find out this in the webinars and find out:

What is art?
What is considered a masterpiece?
What is the artist hiding?
Are there any great women artists?
How does art help us develop creativity?

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Questions about different types of art
When we go to a gallery or museum, we see not only oil paintings, but also engravings, posters, sculptures... At the webinars we will learn how to understand these types of art and find out:

Is design an art?
How to look at architecture?
How to view a sculpture?
How to look at an icon?
How to watch contemporary art?

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Unobvious questions about art
To fully understand art, it is not enough to study its history and biographies of artists. It is important to understand how attitudes towards art have changed throughout history. Let's find out this in the webinars and find out:

Why are paintings so expensive?
Can robots create art?
Why is art destroyed?
Why are there so many naked people in art?
How to teach children about art?
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Make sure it's not boring in the museum

In the block “Guide to the Pushkin Museum” we will get acquainted with the most interesting and important exhibits of one of the main museums in the country

To fully immerse yourself in the arts, it is important to learn how to go to museums. We have created an audio guide with tasks for one of the main museums in Russia - the Pushkin Museum. Pushkin. Together we will study the history of art based on one of the best collections!

From Ancient Egypt to the Renaissance: Botticelli, Titian, Cranach
Let's get acquainted with ancient Egyptian priests and five-legged Assyrian bulls. Let's compare the works of ancient Greece and Rome and figure out what a Fayum portrait is. Let's look at the medieval art of Western Europe and Italy and see how painting changed during the Renaissance. Let's look at the works of Botticelli, Cranach, Titian, Bronzino.

From Baroque to Classicism: Rembrandt, Rubens, Poussin, Tiepolo
Using the example of works from the 15th-19th centuries, we will talk about how and for whom the works from Pushkinsky’s collection were created and where they were supposed to be located. Using the example of two works by Rembrandt, we will trace the development of the master’s style. Let's compare these works with Rubens's painting and learn about the main features of Baroque art. Let's figure out how to decipher a Dutch still life. Finally, let's see how the works of classicism, rococo and neoclassicism differ.

From romanticism to post-impressionism: Manet, Monet, Degas, Picasso
Let's get acquainted with the works of the era of romanticism and realism: find out what these styles are and what makes them similar. Then we’ll talk about impressionism using the example of “White Water Lilies” and “Rouen Cathedral” by Monet, “Blue Dancers” by Degas, and “Portrait of Jeanne Samary” by Renoir. Finally, let's look at Cezanne's work and find out why he is called the "father of modern art."

From post-impressionism to abstraction: Van Gogh, Gauguin, Matisse, Picasso
Let's enjoy the works of Van Gogh and Gauguin: let's continue the conversation about post-impressionism and compare the artists' manners. Using the example of Matisse’s works, we’ll talk about Fauvism and compare Picasso’s “rose period” with his cubist works. Let's complete our journey through the museum with works by Kandinsky, de Chirico and Léger.

Watch and discuss films about artists

In the “Film Clubs” block we will look at the life and work of painters through the eyes of directors

At the beginning of the week we receive an assignment from the lecturer and advice on what to pay attention to while watching. And then we meet on Zoom and discuss what we saw and analyze the film from the point of view of an art critic and director.

Cinema club "Venice"
Together with Maxim Yudov we will discuss the film “A Walk Without a Guide” by Susan Sontag. Let's talk about the features of Venetian art, try to understand the portrait of the city and reflect on culture and memory.

Cinema Club "Caravaggio"
Together with Maxim Yudov we will discuss the film “Caravaggio” by Derek Jarman. Every frame of the film is filled with the visual style of Caravaggio himself. Let's figure out how much the story on the screen corresponds to the biography of the great master, and try to understand how the artist worked and where he found inspiration.

Cinema club "Pieter Bruegel the Elder"
Together with art critic Natalya Vostrikova, we will analyze the film “The Mill and the Cross”. We will find out what the Netherlands were like during the time of the artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder, who his customers were, what themes and subjects the artist created paintings on. We’ll also find out in which films you can find references to Bruegel’s work.

Cinema club "Gustav Klimt"
Together with art critic Natalya Vostrikova, we will discuss the film “Woman in Gold,” which is based on real events. The main character is trying to return to her family the lost painting by Gustav Klimt “Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer”, because it depicts her aunt... Let's talk about the features of this painting, the history of its creation and role in creativity artist.