Summary: The Russian Bride's Attire
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Jiajun Lin
Wan Jen Chou
The Russian Bride’s Attire
We went to the Legion of Honor museum in San Francisco last weekend. We found an oil painting that was named “The Russian Bride’s Attire (1887)”. We were very interested about this oil painting.
The author’s name is Konstantin Makovsky, he was a Russian. He was born in Moscow, 1839 and died in St. Petersburg, 1915. In 1863, a group of 14 students thought to leave The Imperial Academy of Art, and Makovsky was one of them. He thought the rules of the Academy were constrained. The teachers were too conservative. In 1870, the organization was largely changed the Association of Travelling Art Exhibits to give people a chance to follow the art, and to teach people enjoying art. The group …show more content…
It is 110*147 inches. There is another one in Russia, which is now located in a museum close to Moscow. It was finished in 1884, and it’s smaller than the one in Legion of Honor. In the painting, the bride wears very gorgeous, but she looks not happy, and most people are look to her, so our sight is attracting on the bride. A girl is lying on bride knees, looking to the bride and trying to console her. This girl is the bride’s sister. A few people are talking to others. There has a little boy look to the bride. The little boy looks very focus and interested to the bride. There have two women in the back. They are looks like talking about the bride. The painting addresses the universal concept of the wedding day: anticipation and …show more content…
The painting is called The Bulgarian Martyresses, painted in 1887. Around a year ago, during April to May in 1886, Bulgarian created an organization against the Ottoman Empire, called April Uprising. More than a thousand of Muslims were killed. The army of Ottoman Empire brutally suppressed the revolt, made the Europe and United Sates strongly protest about it. Three weeks after the official report of the American diplomats Eugene Schuyler said: 58 villages were destroyed, 5 churches were demolished, and 15,000 people were killed, British and American diplomats in Istanbul all went to Bulgaria to investigate. The report soon spread all across the Europe. Participate in Ottoman Empire army crackdown, including the infamous military forces Bashi-Bazouk: A unique folk Ottoman mercenaries, extremely cruel and discipline.
In 1877, the Russian painter Makovsky described the brutal Ottoman army raped and murdered a girl in Bulgaria. This piece described “the Bulgarian April Uprising” around a year ago in 1876. The main meaning for this painting was intended to stimulate public support for the Russian to attack the Turkey. The sixth of Russo-Turkish Wars, they fought for four years, Turkish was defeated. In 17-19 century, between Russia and Turkey, they had war over 10
Jiajun Lin
Wan Jen Chou
The Russian Bride’s Attire
We went to the Legion of Honor museum in San Francisco last weekend. We found an oil painting that was named “The Russian Bride’s Attire (1887)”. We were very interested about this oil painting.
The author’s name is Konstantin Makovsky, he was a Russian. He was born in Moscow, 1839 and died in St. Petersburg, 1915. In 1863, a group of 14 students thought to leave The Imperial Academy of Art, and Makovsky was one of them. He thought the rules of the Academy were constrained. The teachers were too conservative. In 1870, the organization was largely changed the Association of Travelling Art Exhibits to give people a chance to follow the art, and to teach people enjoying art. The group …show more content…
It is 110*147 inches. There is another one in Russia, which is now located in a museum close to Moscow. It was finished in 1884, and it’s smaller than the one in Legion of Honor. In the painting, the bride wears very gorgeous, but she looks not happy, and most people are look to her, so our sight is attracting on the bride. A girl is lying on bride knees, looking to the bride and trying to console her. This girl is the bride’s sister. A few people are talking to others. There has a little boy look to the bride. The little boy looks very focus and interested to the bride. There have two women in the back. They are looks like talking about the bride. The painting addresses the universal concept of the wedding day: anticipation and …show more content…
The painting is called The Bulgarian Martyresses, painted in 1887. Around a year ago, during April to May in 1886, Bulgarian created an organization against the Ottoman Empire, called April Uprising. More than a thousand of Muslims were killed. The army of Ottoman Empire brutally suppressed the revolt, made the Europe and United Sates strongly protest about it. Three weeks after the official report of the American diplomats Eugene Schuyler said: 58 villages were destroyed, 5 churches were demolished, and 15,000 people were killed, British and American diplomats in Istanbul all went to Bulgaria to investigate. The report soon spread all across the Europe. Participate in Ottoman Empire army crackdown, including the infamous military forces Bashi-Bazouk: A unique folk Ottoman mercenaries, extremely cruel and discipline.
In 1877, the Russian painter Makovsky described the brutal Ottoman army raped and murdered a girl in Bulgaria. This piece described “the Bulgarian April Uprising” around a year ago in 1876. The main meaning for this painting was intended to stimulate public support for the Russian to attack the Turkey. The sixth of Russo-Turkish Wars, they fought for four years, Turkish was defeated. In 17-19 century, between Russia and Turkey, they had war over 10