Bryullov is a genius. His great aspirations found a way out in the fine creations of fine art. His skill is indisputable. When I look at the "Last Day of Pompeii," I feel the fragility of human life, the inevitable variability of deceptive permanence, to which happy people tend with tenderness and tenderness. Nothing is eternal, and nothing will ever remain the same, no matter how much people try to keep their peace. The size and serenity of the inhabitants of Pompeii collapsed on the same day in 1779: the eruption of Vesuvius absorbed all their hopes for a bright future. The culture of ancient Pompeii on the canvas of the magnificent creator - Karl Pavlovich Bryullov - carries me with his pomposity and beauty.
My heart burns with the fire of despair when I tryto imagine what these people experienced. After all, it was all really! And the author of this creation must have felt the same when he spent hours building up the sources of the history of this city when he studied their culture and way of life. For example, the artist repeatedly reread the ancient writer Pliny the Younger, who saw the death of Pompeii with his own eyes. This great tragedy inspired the minds of many brilliant creators. Bryullov often went to the ruins of the ancient city, studied what was left of him, and, probably, represented him unharmed. Yes, he devoted a lot of time to studying all the details for the embodiment of the image in the painting "The Last Day of Pompeii."
So the artist was preparing to realize his idea. And now, the autumn of 1833 has come. The great painter finally opened the doors of the workshop, in which magic was performed every second of the painting "The Last Day of Pompeii." Before the numerous admirers of his works appeared a canvas of colossal dimensions of thirty square meters. He worked on the picture for three years, and the final result exceeded all expectations. "The Last Days of Pompeii" - this is the first work of the artist, which caused a strong resonance, first in Rome and then in the Louvre: painting was exhibited with honors and earned a positive response.
It is interesting that all the women depicted inthis picture, were written with one person. Many sources indicate that this mysterious woman is the Countess Samoilova, whom Briullov loved. "The Last Day of Pompeii" - a work that was created with great difficulty, devotion and the artist's love of fine art.
Bryullov's painting caused admiration of many othersartists of the time: they called him the second Raphael; he was awarded the honorary title of many Academies of Europe and a gold medal of the Royal Academy of Arts in France. The painting "The Last Day of Pompeii" visited Milan, Rome and Paris, and now it is in the State Russian Museum of St. Petersburg, which evokes in me pleasant patriotic feelings. The artist Karl Pavlovich Bryullov conquered me with the accuracy of execution, the splendor of the extraordinary mind that embodied the miracle in life.</ p>
