How to become an art connoisseur without getting up from the couch
Admit it honestly: at least once in your life you confused Manet and Monet, Bruegel could not distinguish from Bosch, and the authorship of paintings with expressive naked bodies and could not identify at all, only vaguely suspecting that it was someone from the Italians.
Well, it's time to put an end to the feeling of awkwardness once and for all and learn to distinguish at least the classics from each other. We offer you fun tips that will help you remember how not to confuse artists. Inveterate art critics, experts and connoisseurs are asked not to roll their eyes too much and take this material lightly.
If all the people in the picture have serious organ deformities, it's probably Pablo Picasso.
If all the characters in the picture are downright huge asses, it's definitely Rubens.
If what you see in the picture could be imagined by a drug addict under acid, then this is Salvador Dali.
If everyone, including women, is like Putin — it's Jan van Eyck.
If the men in the paintings look like hairy-eyed, curly-haired beauties, it's Caravaggio.
If the picture has a dark background, and the characters have unbearable suffering written on their faces — this is Titian.
If there are a lot of little people in the picture, but otherwise everything seems to be in order — this is Bruegel.
If there are a lot of little people in the picture, but also, in addition, a lot of strange objects and there is some garbage-this is Bosch.
If the characters in the paintings look like homeless people whose faces are illuminated by a dim lantern, this is Rembrandt.
If there are a few plump little angels or a couple of sheep in the picture, it's probably Boucher.
If the characters in the picture are beautiful, naked and pumped up, most likely it is Michelangelo.
If you see ballerinas, it's Degas.
If everything is very contrasting and sharp, with a blue tint and the characters have elongated bearded faces, this is El Greco.
If there is a monobrow woman in the picture, it is Frida Kahlo.
Colorful background and no people-Monet.
Colorful background and fun party-Renoir.
Colorful background and sad party-Manet.
Landscapes from the "Lord of the Rings" with a bluish fog and the same curly Madonna with an aristocratic profile-this is Leonardo da Vinci.
If these are the painted squares from the Exel tablet, it's a Mondrian.
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