Portrait of an old man painted by an artist who possessed a remarkable. Stories of the most terrible pictures of mankind (9 photos). One or two N can also be written in adverbs

All this requires only one explanation: where did the story about the monster come from. Almost nothing is known about little Thomas Bowes-Lyon; probably, the unfortunate child died in infancy from congenital diseases. But in the castle hangs a mysterious family portrait, painted in the 17th century. It depicts the third Earl of Strathmore, flanked by his three sons. The count had five children, but only males are visible in the portrait. The count himself sits in a chair. To his right is the future Count John, to his left - two boys, or rather, one teenager, the second - Small child. Beside them are two dogs, in the upper part of the portrait is an angel looking at the family from heaven. Experts date the painting of the portrait to 1683, experts say that it was painted by the artist Jacob de Wet. There is even an entry in the account book, testifying to the settlement with the artist for "two portraits of the master and his three sons." The agreement concluded with de Wet in 1688 has also been preserved. According to this contract, the artist had to create a number of paintings for the castle. Thus, the origin of the portrait is established.

There is a problem with the number of children in the painting. The earl's younger sons, Charles and Patrick, had not yet been born by the time the portrait was painted. They were born in 1692 and 1695, respectively, that is, after nine and twelve years. In addition, there is a record that Charles, the earl's middle son, died at birth.

This fact, apparently, gave rise to various rumors that the child did not actually die, but was just a freak. The artist politely embellished reality. So, most likely, this picture is the source of the monster legend. But can she testify that the story of the monster is true?

Of course, it can, but there is a more rational explanation. In past centuries, it was very expensive and time-consuming to paint a family portrait, so it was customary to portray children as older than they really are. It is known that de Wet was commissioned a portrait of the count "and his three sons", while the count at that time had only one son. Probably, the couple intended to have many children, so two more boys appeared in the picture. Subsequently, two other sons were actually born, but one of them, unfortunately, died, but remained in history captured in a family portrait in the form of a tall young man that he could have become.

Many mysterious stories of Glamis Castle have been revealed today, but there are also those that have been lost in the centuries of inter-clan strife, bureaucratic red tape and numerous restorations. Some of them have acquired legends, and now it is difficult to say where is the truth and where is fiction. There is enough evidence of the conditions under which the monster of Glamis Castle could survive in those terrible years, but what to trust in all this is unknown. The legendary monster now lives in the castle with the White Lady only in twilight ancient lore. Perhaps someday archaeologists will reveal the rest of the secrets of the castle and debunk the myths.

There are works of art that seem to hit the viewer on the head, dumbfounded and amazing. Others drag you into reflection and in search of semantic layers, secret symbolism. Some paintings are covered with secrets and mystical mysteries, while others surprise with an exorbitant price.

We carefully reviewed all the major achievements in world painting and selected two dozen of the strangest paintings from them. Salvador Dali, whose works completely fall under the format of this material and are the first to come to mind, were not included in this collection intentionally.

It is clear that “strangeness” is a rather subjective concept, and for everyone there are amazing paintings that stand out from a number of other works of art. We will be glad if you share them in the comments and tell us a little about them.

"Scream"

Edvard Munch. 1893, cardboard, oil, tempera, pastel.
National Gallery, Oslo.

The Scream is considered a landmark expressionist event and one of the most famous paintings in the world.

There are two interpretations of what is depicted: it is the hero himself who is seized with horror and silently screams, pressing his hands to his ears; or the hero closes his ears from the cry of the world and nature sounding around him. Munch wrote four versions of The Scream, and there is a version that this picture is the fruit of a manic-depressive psychosis from which the artist suffered. After a course of treatment at the clinic, Munch did not return to work on the canvas.

“I was walking along the path with two friends. The sun was setting - suddenly the sky turned blood red, I paused, feeling exhausted, and leaned against the fence - I looked at the blood and flames over the bluish-black fjord and the city. My friends went on, and I stood, trembling with excitement, feeling the endless cry that pierces nature,” Edvard Munch said about the history of the painting.

“Where did we come from? Who are we? Where are we going?"

Paul Gauguin. 1897-1898, oil on canvas.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

At the direction of Gauguin himself, the picture should be read from right to left - the three main groups of figures illustrate the questions posed in the title.

Three women with a child represent the beginning of life; middle group symbolizes the daily existence of maturity; in the final group, as conceived by the artist, " old woman, approaching death, seems reconciled and given over to her reflections", at her feet "a strange white bird ... represents the futility of words."

A deeply philosophical picture of the post-impressionist Paul Gauguin was written by him in Tahiti, where he fled from Paris. At the end of the work, he even wanted to commit suicide: "I believe that this canvas is superior to all my previous ones and that I will never create something better or even similar." He lived another five years, and so it happened.

"Guernica"

Pablo Picasso. 1937, oil on canvas.
Reina Sofia Museum, Madrid.

Guernica presents scenes of death, violence, atrocities, suffering and helplessness, without specifying their immediate causes, but they are obvious. It is said that in 1940 Pablo Picasso was summoned to the Gestapo in Paris. The conversation immediately turned to the picture. "Did you do that?" - "No, you did it."

The huge fresco "Guernica", painted by Picasso in 1937, tells about the raid of the Luftwaffe volunteer unit on the city of Guernica, as a result of which the six thousandth city was completely destroyed. The picture was painted in just a month - the first days of work on the picture, Picasso worked for 10-12 hours, and already in the first sketches one could see the main idea. This is one of the best illustrations of the nightmare of fascism, as well as human cruelty and grief.

"Portrait of the Arnolfinis"

Jan van Eyck. 1434, oil on wood.
London National Gallery, London.

The famous painting is completely filled with symbols, allegories and various references - up to the signature "Jan van Eyck was here", which turned the painting not just into a work of art, but into a historical document confirming the reality of the event, which was attended by the artist.

The portrait, presumably of Giovanni di Nicolao Arnolfini and his wife, is one of the most complex works of the Western school of painting of the Northern Renaissance.

In Russia, in the past few years, the painting has gained great popularity due to Arnolfini's portrait resemblance to Vladimir Putin.

"Demon Seated"

Mikhail Vrubel. 1890, oil on canvas.
State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.

"Hands Resist Him"

Bill Stoneham. 1972.

This work, of course, cannot be ranked among the masterpieces of world art, but the fact that it is strange is a fact.

Around the picture with a boy, a doll and palms pressed against the glass, there are legends. From "because of this picture they die" to "the children in it are alive." The picture looks really creepy, which gives rise to a lot of fears and conjectures in people with a weak psyche.

The artist assured that the picture depicts himself at the age of five, that the door is a representation of the dividing line between the real world and the world of dreams, and the doll is a guide that can lead the boy through this world. The hands represent alternative lives or possibilities.

The painting gained notoriety in February 2000 when it was listed for sale on eBay with a backstory that said the painting was "haunted". "Hands Resist Him" was bought for $1,025 by Kim Smith, who was then inundated with letters from creepy stories and demands to burn the painting.

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The answers to tasks 1–24 are a word, a phrase, a number or a sequence of words, numbers. Write your answer to the right of the task number without spaces, commas or other additional characters.

Read the text and do tasks 1-3.

(1) Archaeologists find many treasures in the Slavic lands. (2) The value of the treasure is not in the amount of treasures, but in the quality of jewelry (among them there are real masterpieces). (3) ______ The most valuable for archaeologists is the idea of the life and way of life of the ancient Slavs, which is formed in the process of studying jewelry found during excavations.

Which of the following sentences correctly conveys the MAIN information contained in the text?

1. Since jewelry allows you to recreate pictures of the life and life of the ancient Slavs, they are of great value for archeology.

2. Archaeologists find many treasures, the value of which is determined primarily by the quality of jewelry.

3. The most valuable thing for archaeologists is not the quantity of found jewelry, but their quality.

4. For archaeologists, the jewelry found in the Slavic lands is important primarily because they give an idea of the life and way of life of the ancient Slavs.

5. Among the jewelry found in the Slavic lands, there are real masterpieces, and archaeologists pay great attention to their study.

Which of the following words (combinations of words) should be in place of the gap in the third (3) sentence of the text? Write down this word (combination of words).

2. Since

3. On the contrary,

4. In other words,

5. Contrary to this

Read the fragment of the dictionary entry, which gives the meaning of the word REPRESENTATION. Determine the meaning in which this word is used in the third (3) sentence of the text. Write down the number corresponding to this value in the given fragment of the dictionary entry.

REPRESENTATION, I, cf.

1. A written statement about something. (official). P. prosecutor (act of prosecutorial supervision).

2. Theatrical or circus performance, performance. The first paragraph of the new play. Self-employed p.

3. Reproduction in the mind of previously experienced perceptions (special). P. - the image of an object or phenomenon.

4. Knowledge, understanding of something. Have no idea about anything. Make yourself a paragraph about something. The book gives a good paragraph on the subject. * I have no idea (colloquial) - I don’t know at all, I’m not aware. Where did he go? - I have no idea.

In one of the words below, a mistake was made in setting the stress: the letter denoting the stressed vowel is highlighted INCORRECTLY. Write out this word.

folded

ease

In one of the sentences below, the underlined word is WRONGLY used. Correct the mistake and write the word correctly.

1. To prepare a marinade for charcoal fish, you need to SHAKEN the seeds from four to five cardamom pods, add a pinch of saffron and grind them in a mortar and salt.

2. The girl with a sharp movement threw back her bangs from her forehead and unexpectedly calmly and trustingly looked into Alexei's eyes.

3. The issuance of skates is carried out if the visitor of the rink has a passport or any other document that can be left as a pledge.

4. Analysts say that in the coming year the market valuable papers significant changes can be expected.

5. Note-taking IS a written fixation of the main provisions of a text that is read or perceived by ear.

In one of the words highlighted below, a mistake was made in the formation of the word form. Correct the mistake and write the word correctly.

FAVORITE PROFESSORS

more than eight hundred million

BRIGHTER than the sun

TAKE THE TRAIN

a pair of shoes

Establish a correspondence between the sentences and the grammatical errors made in them: for each position of the first column, select the corresponding position from the second column.

OFFERS	GRAMMATICAL ERRORS
A) Favorable conditions have been created not only for the publication of scientific works, but also for their implementation in practice.	1) incorrect use of the case form of a noun with a preposition
B) Those who have never been at the top of the Ivan the Great Bell Tower, who have never admired the majestic panorama of the capital, have no idea about Moscow.	2) violation of the connection between the subject and the predicate
C) Contrary to analysts' forecasts, this year the airline managed to maintain the volume of traffic at the level of last year.	3) violation in the construction of a proposal with an inconsistent application
D) Scientists, having discovered in comets organic matter, there was an assumption about the existence of life outside the Earth.	4) an error in constructing a sentence with homogeneous members
E) The Order of St. Andrew the First-Called was established by Peter I in 1698, issued only in rare, exceptional cases.	5) incorrect construction of a sentence with a participial turnover
	6) violation in the construction of a sentence with participial turnover
	7) incorrect sentence construction with indirect speech

Write your answer in numbers without spaces or other characters.

Determine the word in which the unstressed checked vowel of the root is missing. Write out this word by inserting the missing letter.

OK. .play

invite

favor..zhenie

collided .. waking up

och.. to bed

Determine the row in which the same letter is missing in both words in the prefix. Write these words out with the missing letter.

by .. the sun, oh .. gave up

pr..acquired, pr..cottage

in..walking, ra..water

pr..grandfather, p..dnos

pr..followed, pr..call

Write down the word in which the letter E is written in place of the gap.

helpful..y

picky..vy

pull out..

suede..out

underline..

Write down the word in which the letter I is written in place of the gap.

ka..

wrestling..shishing

met..ny

customizing..my

move..my

Identify the sentence in which NOT with the word is spelled CONTINUOUSLY. Open the brackets and write out this word.

1. (NOT) WAITTING for dinner, the travelers went to bed.

2. I had to work in a (NOT) EXPLORED area.

3. I had to sign a far (NOT) FAVORABLE contract.

4. Semyon Rostislavovich seemed (NOT) SATISFIED.

5. Without difficulty (NOT) YOU CAN Catch a fish from the pond.

Determine the sentence in which both underlined words are spelled ONE. Open the brackets and write out these two words.

1. WHAT (WHATEVER) the critics claim, Fet's poems are unusually melodic, (FOR) THAT many of them formed the basis of romances.

2. (B) UNLIKE from other representatives of the liberal camp, Pavel Petrovich is always firm in defending his principles, and (FOR) THEREFORE he boldly opposes Bazarov.

3. Ceramic products from Gzhel get to different parts of the planet, TO (WOULD) decorate the life of people, and ALSO (SAME) to bring up a sense of beauty.

4. I told Ivan Petrovich everything that happened, and wished to know his opinion (ON) ON THE ACCOUNT of predestination, AS (AS) it was very important.

5. Krylov's fables in (THAT) TIME were a completely new phenomenon in Russian literature (IN) COMPARED with Sumarokov's fables, which were written in the traditions of classicism.

Indicate all the numbers in the place of which HN is written.

A portrait of a fearful (1) man, written (2) by an artist who had a remarkable (3) talent, was part of the dowry of the (4) th (5) mistress of the house.

Set up punctuation marks. Indicate the numbers of sentences in which you need to put ONE comma.

1. The hero of the novel loved travel and adventure and at the same time strove for comfort and family coziness.

3. The artistic painting of fabrics has existed since about the 30s of the XX century and during its existence it has received wide recognition.

4. Slang words fall out of both tradition and the sphere of reasonable word usage and the uniformity of speech.

5. To convince the reader of the fairness of his assessments, the author of the review can use both methods of scientific analysis and means of artistic expression.

The ducks (1) frightened by the sudden appearance of the hunters (2) rose noisily and (3) tumbling in the air (4) slowly and heavily flew away.

Place punctuation marks: indicate all the numbers in the place of which commas should be in the sentences.

The old garden (1) seemed (2) alone to refresh this (3) once (4) lively village and was picturesque in its desolation.

Place punctuation marks: indicate all the numbers in the place of which commas should be in the sentence.

Poetry A.S. Pushkin (1) based on the works (2) of which (3) P.I. Tchaikovsky created his best operas (4) inspired the composer the most.

Place punctuation marks: indicate all the numbers in the place of which commas should be in the sentence.

After the instructor's remarks (1), the guys walked faster (2) and (3) when it began to get dark (4) only three kilometers remained to the place of lodging for the night.

Edit the sentence: correct the lexical error by excluding the extra word. Write out this word.

Usually in the month of May there is a cooling, which coincides with the flowering of bird cherry (the so-called "bird cherry cold").

Read the text and complete tasks 21-26.

(1) The highest that a man can achieve is wisdom.

(2) Wisdom should have become a school subject, it must be taught. (3) More precisely, wisdom must be taught - as a caution in judgments, refraining from insufficiently substantiated statements, the ability to take into account many factors, based on what is born from a variety of historical experience.

(4) It is more than knowledge. (5) This is also intuition, and an aversion to self-deception. (6) A wise person is never presumptuous: he does not consider the results of his reflections to be final, he admits their fallacy, comparing them with directly opposite statements and finding gaps in what seemed obvious.

(7) Wisdom needs knowledge, but is not reduced to it. (8) Someone may know, for example, all varieties of butterflies and understand nothing about environmental problems. (9) Not even interested in them. (10) In this case, a person loses sight of the connection of a single butterfly with the structure of the world.

(11) Knowledge answers the question “Why?”, And information only answers the questions “What? Where? When? How?". (12) Knowledge consists of "understandings" and is the property of science. (13) Knowledge needs information, but is not reduced to it - it is higher, because it knows how to check the reliability of information.

(14) Knowledge in the European, and now in the global scientific tradition has always been opposed to opinion. (15) An opinion is just a certain attitude to something, and knowledge is, I repeat, an understanding of a pattern. (16) It is important not so much to defend your opinion by all means, but to think about how it is proved, at least strives to become knowledge. (17) The desire to encourage baseless opinions in every possible way as an end in itself is very dangerous for a growing person. (18) It is not enough to think on your own - you must also think correctly.