From Renaissance to Baroque

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