A Boyarina Beauty
A Boyarina Beauty by Russian Painter Konstantin Makovsky (1839 – 1915); spesjalisearre yn Russyske Histoaryske skilderijen dy't in idealisearre werjefte fan it Russyske libben yn 'e ôfrûne ieuwen sjen litte.
This exquisite portrait of a beautiful young Boyarina, shows a young girl from a noble Russian family dressed in the attire that a young lady would have worn in the19th century.
The young lady is wearing a large gold kokoshnik on her head and a venchik over her hair, with a matching rope choker around her neck that has a gold Christian Cross hanging from its end.
Resting on her shoulders is thick red woolen shoulder plate withe floral embroidery, which itself rest on an indoor white-yellow heavy woolen coat with colorful floral designs.
Beneath her coat is a heavy floor length red dress that has three gold buttons on the front; and on both of her wrist she has very large and wide cuff like decorated silver bracelets.
The young lady is seated on a wooden bench, by a wooden table that is situated by a window that she is looking out of; as she has moved the curtain covering it to the side with her right hand which she has her elbow placed.
On the table is a flower pot with a growing green plant, a decorative wooden box and a piece of decorative cloth and jewelry that is leaning over the table.
On the decorative bench she is seated on is a class vase that has four types of flowers composed of violet flowers, blue flowers, green flowers and yellow flowers.
Behind and above her is a decorative wooden panel ledge that has a small burning candle on it that is in front of what appears to be some sort of metal frame; while in front of her is a spinning wheel that she was using to spin yarn.
A Boyarina Beauty is a remastered digital art old masters reproduction of a public domain image that is available as a canvas print online.
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Konstantin Makovsky wie in ynfloedrike Russyske skilder, oansletten by de “Peredvizhniki (Swalkers)”. In protte fan syn histoaryske skilderijen, lykas Beneath the Crown (1889) ek bekend as The Russian Bride's Attire en Before the Wedding, toande in idealisearre werjefte fan it Russyske libben fan eardere ieuwen. Hy wurdt faak beskôge as in fertsjintwurdiger fan akademyske keunst.
Konstantin Makovsky waard berne yn Moskou. Syn heit wie de Russyske keunstfiguer en amateurskilder, Yegor Ivanovich Makovsky. Syn mem wie in komponist, en hja hope dat har soan ienris yn har fuotstappen folgje soe. Syn jongere bruorren Vladimir en Nikolay en syn suster Alexandra waarden ek skilders.
Yn 1851 Makovsky gie yn 'e Moskouske Skilderijskoalle, Skulptuer en arsjitektuer wêr't hy de topstudint waard, maklik krije alle beskikbere prizen. Syn leararen wiene Karl Bryullov en Vasily Tropinin. Makovsky syn oanstriid ta romantyk en dekorative effekten kin ferklearre wurde troch de ynfloed fan Bryullov.
Hoewol't keunst wie syn passy, hy betocht ek hwat syn mem him dwaen woe. Hy sette ôf om komponisten te sykjen dêr't er nei ferwize koe, en gie earst nei Frankryk. Foar, hy hie altyd in leafhawwer fan klassike muzyk west, en harke nei in protte stikken. Hy woe faaks dat er de tune feroarje koe, of styl fan guon fan harren om se nofliker te meitsjen. Letter yn syn libben kaam it wier.
Yn 1858 Makovsky entered the Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg. Fan 1860 he participated in the Academy’s exhibitions with paintings such as Curing of the Blind (1860) and Agents of the False Dmitry kill the son of Boris Godunov (1862). Yn 1863 Makovsky and thirteen other students held a protest against the Academy’s setting of topics from Scandinavian mythology in the competition for the Large Gold Medal of Academia; all left the academy without a formal diploma.
Makovsky became a member of a co-operative (artel) of artists led by Ivan Kramskoi, typically producing Wanderers paintings on everyday life (Widow 1865, Herring-seller 1867, etc.). Fan 1870 he was a founding member of the Society for Traveling Art Exhibitions and continued to work on paintings devoted to everyday life. Hy eksposearre syn wurk by sawol de Academia-eksposysjes as de Travelling Art Exhibitions of the Wanderers.
In wichtige feroaring yn syn styl barde nei it reizgjen nei Egypte en Servje yn 'e midden fan' e jierren '70. Syn ynteresses feroare fan sosjale en psychologyske problemen nei de artistike problemen fan kleuren en foarm.
Yn de jierren 1880 waard hy in modieuze skriuwer fan portretten en histoaryske skilderijen. Op de Wrâldtentoanstelling fan 1889 yn Parys krige er de Grutte Gouden Medalje foar syn skilderijen Death of Ivan the Terrible, It oardiel fan Parys, en Demon en Tamara. Hy wie ien fan 'e meast wurdearre en heech betelle Russyske keunstners fan' e tiid. In protte demokratyske kritisy beskôgen him as in renegaat fan 'e Wanderers’ idealen, produsearje (lykas Henryk Siemiradzki) opfallende mar ûndjippe wurken, wylst oaren him sjogge as in foarrinner fan it Russyske ympresjonisme.
Makovsky waard fermoarde yn 1915 doe't syn hynstekoets rekke waard troch in elektryske tram yn Sint-Petersburch.