The author tries to follow the key milestones of the painter's lifetime. The peak of his career is when Gainsborough became a favorite painter of the Royal Family.
The author singles out two main trends in the works of Gainsborough: portrait and landscape painting. It' s interesting to note that Gainsborough sometimes said that portraiture was his profession and landscape painting was his pleasure.
The author gives a brief analysis of diverse sources influenced on Gainsborough's style. He reveals the impact of French engraving, Dutch landscape painting, a van Dyck and Rybens painting. But it's obvious that Gainsborough was an independent and original genius.
In conclusion the author makes a comparison of Gainsborough and Reynolds as painters. They lived the same period and were the rivals. Though they are the great painters it's very difficult to find out something identical in their style of life, habits and passions. However, the author makes a special emphasis on that both of the painters had great mutual respect.
In the end the author points out that in the opinion of Reynolds Gainsborough was an outstanding painter and was very good at forming all the parts of a picture together.
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The article is entitled 'Biography Joseph Mallord William Turner (British, 1775-1851).
The article deals with the problem of the Turner creative works.
The author doesn't give the readers any information on the life of Turner. The author is striving to give an analysis of the periods of the Turner creative works. He wants to give an idea of Turner's works as a process of evolution.
The author pointed out that Turner painted in the eighteenth-century tradition at the start in his career.
The article reveals that later Turner wanted to emulate the works of the accepted Old Masters.
The author pays his attention to the fact that Turner visited Italy twice. There he is known to have learned using pure colors without dark or brown shadows.
In conclusion it's interesting to note that Turner was a landscape-painter and especially he tried to convey the dramatic possibilities of natural phenomena.
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The article is entitled 'Biography Sir Joshua Reynolds'.
The article deals with the problem of the Reynolds role in development of British painting. The aim of the author is to prove that Reynolds was an outstanding painter and his importance for British fine arts was enormous. He points out more then once that Reynolds dedicated his life to art. It was Reynolds who raised the prestige of British painters in Society. It was Reynolds who linked British painting, which had little tradition of its own, to great European art thorough the ages.
The author gives a detailed enough analysis of reasons why Reynolds career as a painter was a great success.
The author singles out several key episodes in the Reynolds life that determined his career as a painter.
The author makes an emphasis that Reynolds worked hard in his green years to set up as a painter. It's interesting to note that Reynolds stayed several years in Italy to study the old masters, especially Raphael. Then Reynolds was appointed King's Principal Painter and elected the President of the Royal Academy of the Art, his works were in great demand.
In the end the author underlines that Reynolds was a gifted man not only in the field of painting. He delivered his annual Discourses to the students of the Academy and he founded the Literary Club.
So, the author makes the readers arrive at a conclusion that Reynolds made a great contribution to the fine arts in Britain.
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The article deals with the problem of secularization.
The process whereby religion loses its influence in a society is called secularization.
