First painting title: Tempest Court France 1880 Oil on wood board 234.3×156.8 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
The main appreciation point of "The Tempest" is: the contrast of light and color The power of beauty that sets off each other is an important feature of 19th century art aesthetics. In the picture of the work, the background is dark and the foreground is bright; the color of the male character is dark and the color of the female character is bright. The rough lines of the male body's strength and the soft and thin lines of the female body's strength are sharply contrasted and set off each other in light and color. Before Court, there were many art works based on "Daphnis and Chloe", most of which praised love and sex. Court's work "The Tempest" captures the moment when Daphnis and Chloe escape in the storm, expresses the beauty of the different sexual power of men and women, and praises pure love and the yearning for freedom. Whether it is the artistic realm or the In terms of artistic means, compared with previous works, they are all on a higher level.
The title of the second painting: Spring Court French 1873 oil painting collected by Mr. Ross
In the painting, a beautiful girl hangs her arms around her lover’s neck and casts With a charming smile and bright eyes, she clings to her lover half-naked. Is she acting coquettishly, or is she listening to sweet words of love? A handsome young man, her lover, pulled the rope of the swing tightly with his strong arms, as if supporting and guarding their love. The young man tilted his head slightly toward the girl. Was he enjoying her coquettishness or telling her some secret? ...The spring sunshine shines through the trees, illuminating the beautiful girl like a stage spotlight. The warm spring breeze gently lifts her gauze. The weather-beaten thousand-year-old tree seems to be a witness to their love. Every leaf and flower is singing softly for them... Seeing this picture of spring and pure love, even the coldest devil will be intoxicated.
The title of the third painting: Unknown Girl Kramskoy, Russia, 1883, 75.5cm×99cm, oil on canvas, collected by the Tretyakov Art Museum, Moscow
This is a very aesthetic painting A valuable character portrait, in which the painter expresses the subject's spiritual temperament with exquisite skills. The unknown girl in the painting is arrogant and self-respecting. She is wearing the luxurious clothes of the Russian upper class and sitting in a luxurious open carriage. The famous Alexander Theater in St. Petersburg is in the background. Exactly who the "unknown girl" is remains a mystery. The painter created a new style of expression in portraits, that is, using thematic plots to depict portraits, showing an image of a Russian intellectual woman who is resolute, decisive, full of thoughts, and exuding youthful vitality.