From the Renaissance to Baroque

Before you is a book from the famous cycle "Masters and Masterpieces" by the esteemed figure of arts of the RSFSR, writer, enlightener, and chief artist of the magazine "Ogonyok" Igor Dolgopolov about outstanding masters of visual arts. The noble Renaissance, which returned the ancient ideals to humanity, and the refined, emotional Baroque revealed to the world amazing artists, true geniuses of painting. In this book, the reader will encounter the immortal works of Sandro Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo Buonarroti, Raphael Santi, El Greco, Peter Paul Rubens, Rembrandt van Rijn, Jan Vermeer of Delft, Thomas Gainsborough, and Francisco Goya. They will traverse the pages of their lives, feel their genius, and rediscover the brilliant works of painting.