The Wave

The Central "character" of a picture of Ayvazovsky "the Wave" is the sea. Serenity turquoise surface was replaced by the roaring billows, whose size is terrifying: it is evident from the remains of the ship, which at any minute will go to the bottom, giving up the unequal struggle. Out of the depths, sticks out just the tip of the mast, iscrepancy the signal flag on one of them and the three team members, vainly trying to escape the wrath of Poseidon, on the other. From the sinking of a sailing vessel be removed from a boat, Packed with people. Looking closely, you can see that sitting in it, the sailors pulled from the sea a few miserable captivity. The impending wave threatens to engulf the sinking ship and the boat, and sailors, the last effort clinging to a huge wreck — Aivazovsky painting tells us that the elements no pity, and caught in the center of the storm can only rely on a miracle. To convey the scale of the tragedy, the artist chose canvas dimensions 505 x 304 see Is a huge canvas makes the events so real that after a minute, the viewer can feel like one of the characters in the paintings by Aivazovsky "the Wave", and very impressionable — to feel the breath of cold and salty wind. You can verify this by visiting the State Russian Museum in St. Petersburg — this is the painting that is considered one of the best marine painter Aivazovsky.