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"Noah's Descent from Mount Ararat"(Also "Noah Descends from Mount Ararat") - an oil painting by Ivan Aivazovsky in 1889. The painting depicts one of the episodes of Old Testament history: Noah returns to earth after the Flood. Together with him, his sons, his wife, his sons' wives and numerous animals who were saved from the flood thanks to the ark descend from the Ararat Mountains.

The painting was exhibited for the first time in Paris. Subsequently, Aivazovsky donated it to a school in New Nakhichevan. The painting was transported to Yerevan by Martiros Saryan in 1921, during the Civil War. Currently exhibited at the National Gallery of Armenia.

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Together with him, his sons, his wife, his sons' wives and numerous animals who were saved from the flood thanks to the ark descend from the Ararat Mountains.

The painting was exhibited for the first time in Paris. Subsequently, Aivazovsky donated it to a school in New Nakhichevan. The painting was transported to Yerevan by Martiros Saryan in 1921, during the Civil War. Currently exhibited at the National Gallery of Armenia.

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Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky (Armenian: Հովհաննես Այվազյան, Hovhannes Ayvazyan; July 17, 1817, Feodosia, Tauride Governorate, Russian Empire - April 19, 1900, Feodosia, Tauride Governorate, Russian Empire ) - Russian marine painter, battle painter, collector, philanthropist. Painter of the Main Naval Staff, academician and honorary member of the Imperial Academy of Arts, honorary member of the Academies of Arts in Amsterdam, Rome, Paris, Florence and Stuttgart.

The most outstanding artist of Armenian origin of the 19th century.

Brother of the Armenian historian and Archbishop of the Armenian Apostolic Church Gabriel Aivazovsky.

Ararat (Turkish Ağrı Dağı, Armenian Արարատ and Armenian Մասիս (Masis), Kurdish Çiyayê Agirî) - mountain: the highest volcanic massif of the Armenian Highlands in eastern Turkey; belongs to stratovolcanoes. Located in the Turkish Igdir silt on the right bank of the middle reaches of the Araks River, 16 kilometers from the border with Iran, 28.5 kilometers from the border with Armenia. It consists of two cones of dormant volcanoes merging at their bases: Greater Ararat and Little Ararat. The summit of Greater Ararat (5165 meters above sea level) is the highest point in Turkey.

Armenian Highlands (Azerb. Ermənistan yaylası, Arm. Հայկական լեռնաշխարհ, Pers. سرزمین کوهستانی ارمنستا ن‎, Turkish Ermeni platosu) is a mountainous region in the north of Western Asia. The middle of the three Western Asian highlands. In the west, without sharp boundaries, it passes into the Asia Minor Plateau, in the east it adjoins the Iranian Plateau.

“The brig Mercury attacked by two Turkish ships” is an oil painting by Ivan Aivazovsky in 1892. The painting immortalizes the battle of the Russian brig Mercury with the Turkish battleships Selimiye and Real Bay.

“View of the Leander Tower in Constantinople” is a painting by Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky, painted in 1848 under the impression of a trip to Istanbul. The painting depicts the Leandrova Tower, built in the 12th century on a tiny rock at the entrance to the strait of Constantinople harbor. It has long served as a lighthouse and a mooring place for ships.

The tower rises in the center of the strait, with ships with white sails and silhouettes of the buildings of Constantinople visible in the background.

“The Wrath of the Seas” is a painting by Russian artist Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky, painted in 1886. Canvas, oil. Size: 70.1 × 110 cm.

“The Ninth Wave” is one of the most famous paintings by the Russian marine painter of Armenian origin Ivan Aivazovsky, kept in the Russian Museum (inventory Zh-2202).

The painter depicts the sea after a very strong night storm and shipwrecked people. The rays of the sun illuminate the huge waves. The largest of them - the ninth shaft - is ready to fall on people trying to escape on the wreckage of the mast.

Despite the fact that the ship is destroyed and only the mast remains, the people on the mast are alive and continue to fight the elements. The warm colors of the picture make the sea not so harsh and give the viewer hope that people will be saved.

The size of the painting is 221 × 332 cm. Below, on the mast, signature and date: Aivazovsky 1850; in the lower right corner in red: 5; on the back in black: No. 2506.

The painting arrived at the Russian Museum in 1897 from the Hermitage.

“Winter convoy on the way”, or “Caravan of gold” - painting (landscape) by I. K. Aivazovsky from the collection of the Smolensk Art Gallery.

Part of the “Wealth of Russia” series, for which the artist was dedicated to the Knights of the Legion of Honor.

“Moonlit Night on the Bosphorus” is a painting by Ivan Aivazovsky, painted in 1894. The painting depicts the Bosphorus Strait, with ships and ships floating in it. A moonlit night in Istanbul is captured: a mosque is shown, many people are walking along the street.

The Sea is a painting by Ivan Aivazovsky, painted by him in 1864. The largest number of landscapes in the artist’s rich creative heritage are associated with the image of the Black Sea and Crimean nature.

“Pushkin on the Black Sea” is a painting by Ivan Aivazovsky, painted in 1887. Stored in the Nikolaev Art Museum named after V.V. Vereshchagin.

Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky painted about six thousand paintings during his long life. For more than sixty years of the development of Russian art, seascapes by Aivazovsky occupied one of the constant positions in the genre repertoire. He was and remained an artist of one theme, one motive; Having achieved perfection within the limits he set for himself, he practically did not transgress them.

The painting “Rainbow” became Aivazovsky’s response to accusations from critics that his “improvisational” style of painting was not modern, and his talent was drying up.

The canvas was painted in 1873 and became a new stage in the artist’s work.

At first glance, we see a typical Aivazovsky depiction of a “shipwreck.” But on the other hand, this work is very different from the artist’s previous paintings. Without abandoning his positions, Aivazovsky, however, subjected them to revision and modernization - especially with regard to the color scheme of the picture.

Instead of rich, bright colors on this canvas there are more restrained, subtly developed shades. There is much less “fiction” in the picture.

Despite the obvious romanticism, the work “Rainbow” is distinguished by an undoubted bias towards realism.

“Review of the Black Sea Fleet in 1849” is a painting by Ivan Aivazovsky, painted in 1886.

The Feodosia Art Gallery named after I.K. Aivazovsky is a museum of marine painting located in the city of Feodosia (Crimea). Consists of two buildings at the address: st. Gallery, 2 (main exhibition, works by I.K. Aivazovsky) and st. Gallery, 4 (House of the artist’s sister: paintings by I.K. Aivazovsky on mythological and biblical themes, scientific department of the “Russian and Modern Marina” gallery).

“Feodosia. Moonlight Night" is one of the paintings by Ivan Aivazovsky, a world-famous marine painter. The painting by Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky was painted in 1852 in oil on canvas. The work is in a private collection. Depicts ships in the Black Sea near Feodosia

The great landscape painter and marine painter painted not only sea views. Among his heritage one can also find paintings on religious subjects - illustrations of biblical stories. However, even here he did not betray himself: the water element appears in almost every canvas. Let's look at the Holy Scriptures through the eyes of Aivazovsky (with the help of the modern translation of the Bible of the Russian Bible Society).

world creation

World creation. 1864. Timing

"In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. The earth was empty and desolate, darkness was over the deep, and the spirit of God blew over the waters. And God said: “Let there be light.” And the light appeared. God saw how good the light was and separated it from the darkness, giving the light the name “day” and the darkness the name “night”. Evening came, morning came - the first day. And God said: “Let there be a vault in the middle of the water, dividing the waters in two.” And so it became. God created the vault, and separated the waters under the vault from the waters above the vault, and gave the vault the name “sky.” Evening has come, morning has come - the second day" (Genesis 1:1–8).

global flood

Global flood. 1864. Timing

“The flood lasted forty days. When the water began to rise, it lifted the ark, and the ark floated. The water kept rising and flooded the land. The ark floated, and the water rose higher and higher until it covered the highest mountains under the sky. The water rose fifteen cubits above them, and the mountains disappeared under the water. And then everyone who lived on the earth perished: birds, livestock, animals, and all the creatures that the earth was full of, and all people. All who had the breath of life in their nostrils, all the inhabitants of the land, all died. Everything that was on earth - people, livestock, all living creatures, and birds of the air - everything was swept away from the face of the earth. Only Noah and those who were with him in the ark survived. The flood lasted one hundred and fifty days." (Genesis 7:17–24).

Noah's descent from Mount Ararat

Noah's descent from Mount Ararat. 1889. National Gallery of Armenia

“On the twenty-seventh day of the second month, when the earth was dry, God said to Noah: “Come out of the ark, along with your wife, sons and sons’ wives. And bring out all the animals - birds, livestock, and living creatures scurrying along the earth: let the earth be full of them, let them be fruitful and numerous.” And Noah came out of the ark, along with his sons, his wife and his sons’ wives, and then came out the animals, small living creatures, birds - all the inhabitants of the earth, species after species.” (Genesis 8:14–19).

Jewish crossing of the Red Sea

The passage of the Jews through the Red Sea. 1891. USA, Collection of K. and E. Soghoyan

“And the Lord said to Moses: “Stretch out your hand over the sea - the waters will return and drown the Egyptians, and the chariots, and the horsemen!” Moses stretched out his hand over the sea - and by morning the sea returned. The Egyptians ran straight towards its waters - and the Lord plunged the Egyptians into the abyss of the sea! The water returned and swallowed them all up - the chariots, the horsemen, and all the army of Pharaoh that chased the children of Israel along the bottom of the sea. Not a single Egyptian survived! And the children of Israel walked on the bottom of the sea as on dry land; On their right hand was a wall of water, and on their left was a wall of water. Thus the Lord saved the children of Israel from the Egyptians that day.” (Exodus 14:26–30).

Walking on the waters

Walking on the waters. 1888. State Museum of the History of Religion

“Immediately after this, He ordered the disciples to get into the boat and sail to the other side, without waiting for Him to let the people go. Having parted with the people, He went up the mountain to pray alone. When evening came, He was there alone. And the boat was already many furlongs from the shore, it was struggling with the waves, because the wind was headwind. At dawn, Jesus headed towards them - He was walking on the sea. When the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were afraid. "It's a ghost!" - they shouted in fear. “Calm down, it’s Me! Do not be afraid!" - Jesus immediately spoke to them. Then Peter said to Him, “Lord, if it is You, command me to walk to You on the water.” “Go,” He said. Peter got out of the boat and walked on the water, heading towards Jesus, but when he saw how strong the wind was, he became afraid and began to drown. “Save me, Lord!” - he shouted. Jesus immediately extended his hand and, catching him, said: “You of little faith, why did you doubt?” When they entered the boat, the wind died down." (Gospel of Matthew 14:22–32).

The legendary Mount Ararat (Agri-Dagi - mountain of suffering) is the pride and pain of the Armenian people (now this shrine is located in Turkey), covered in legends about Noah’s Ark, attracting climbers from all over the world. After all, there are not many mountains from which a panorama of three countries opens up at once - Iran, Turkey and Armenia.

Big and Small Ararat.

In essence, Mount Ararat consists of two mountains located 11 km from each other, connected by a jagged ridge. Greater Ararat (height 5137 meters) is the highest mountain in Turkey, Little Ararat rises 3896 meters above sea level. Both mountains are of volcanic origin, however, they have been extinct for a very long time.

For many years, Ararat was impregnable, shrouded in many secrets and legends. One of the first to whom she submitted was Johann Friedrich Parrot, a German scientist. September 27, 1829. His third attempt was crowned with success; several more people took part in the expedition. The first ascent was made alone on September 12, 1876 by the English scientist James Bryce.

Mount Ararat on the world map:

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Mount Ararat is known to the entire Christian world from the Old Testament Book of Genesis. According to the biblical legend, it was in this place that the righteous Noah landed on his ark after the Flood. Back in the Middle Ages, many expeditions were set up to search for this artifact, but no one can yet boast of this find.

Noah's Ark on Mount Ararat.

Video about Noah's Ark:

There is a legend according to which the ark cannot be found, it will appear only before the end of the world. This legend is associated with the monk Jacob, who tried to conquer Mount Ararat for several days in a row. But every morning I woke up at the foot of the mountain. And one day an Angel came to him in a dream, gave him a piece of the ship and said that the ark could only be seen when God himself wished it.

“The Descent of Noah from Ararat” is a painting by Aivazovsky.

Today the mountain is open to anyone who wishes to climb it. And more than one conqueror has not regretted this decision. James Bryce himself, having found himself at the top, said: “If man really first set foot here on earth... a more impressive center of the universe cannot be imagined.”