Stories of the most terrible pictures of mankind. Stories of the most terrible pictures of mankind (9 photos)

Art, since the appearance on the walls of the cave primitive man, excited and influenced humanity. As soon as the artist's brush touches the canvas, the real process of creation begins. The author does not just do his job, he puts his soul and a particle of himself into his work. Streams of energy seem to descend from the tips of the fingers, move along the brush and stop on the canvas. That is why we literally feel that the paintings of real artists look and feel "as if alive". Plots and images can cause a person to cry, depression, disgust, or vice versa, a feeling of joy and happiness.
However, the question arises: Can paintings influence our lives in general?
In this article, you will get acquainted with the stories of paintings that can cause a slight chill. Even the photographs of some of them evoke, if not horror, then certainly cause discomfort. If so, we have warned you!

1. "Hands resist him"

Let's start with perhaps the most infamous painting - "The Hands Resist Him", by Bill Stoneham. She became so "famous" that she was called "the most ghostly picture in the world."

In 1972, while Stoneham was living with his wife in California, he was under contract to the Charles Feingarten Gallery. According to the contract, the artist had to create two paintings per month. The deadline for the work was coming to an end, and Stoneham decided to paint a picture, taking as a basis his old photograph, where he was 5 years old. He named this picture in honor of a poem that his wife wrote for Stoneham himself (the poem was that Bill was adopted as a child, and he never knew anything about his biological parents). The result is an image depicting a boy, next to which stands a creepy doll with no eyes. According to Stoneham, the boy is himself at the age of 5, and the doorway in the picture is a barrier between the real world(where the hands are depicted) and the world of dreams. At the same time, the doll is a guide to the fantasy world. As for the hands, the artist cryptically said: “Hands could mean anything ... But, you will definitely have a question: Are these hands without a body? The body was dismembered, and the hands themselves? Or are they still in place, with the body?

The painting was exhibited at the Feingarten Gallery in Beverly Hills, California. This painting was featured in the Los Angeles Times in an article by art historian Henry Seldis. At this exhibition, the painting attracted the attention of actor John Marley, who played the role of Jack Woltz in " Godfather". He liked it so much that he decided to buy it. Within one year after the creation of the picture, three people died at once: art historian Seldis, gallery owner Feingarten and actor Marley. After that, the picture seemed to have disappeared, until in 2000 the couple found it left by someone behind a brewery (which, by the way, was turned into an art space) in the same California.

They took this picture for themselves, considering it a good acquisition. In February of the same year, they put it up for sale on eBay, explaining that this picture carries horror in itself, and in general it is cursed and ghosts come out of it. Their announcement was more like a warning than an announcement. Completely written with capital letters and erroneously, this ad included a mini-story about why they decided to get rid of the painting. According to the couple, their 4-year-old daughter said she saw the children from the painting come into the room at night and start fighting. The woman herself (the girl's mother) does not believe in UFOs and similar things, but her husband decided to install a camera. The camera filmed three nights in a row. In the end, the couple received pictures confirming the words of their daughter. In a photo they posted on eBay, the doll allegedly holds a gun while threatening the boy. The couple also asked in their announcement not to make a claim after the acquisition of the painting.

This ad has been viewed over 30,000 times. In the comments, people wrote that they felt bad as soon as they saw these photos. Some tried to print them, but the printer gave an error or broke. Some claimed that when viewing the photos, they felt warm air currents that enveloped them, whispering various things in their ears with children's voices. And someone even set fire to sage to cleanse their living space of evil spirits after browsing an eBay page.

As a result, the painting was bought by Kim Smith for $1025, the owner of the Perception Gallery in Michigan. A year later, Smith was contacted by a paranormal website and asked if anything paranormal had happened since buying this painting or not.

Smith, in her response, said that the picture itself did not bring her any failures or troubles, but the letters from people with advice on how to clean the room, how to protect yourself with the help of a shaman, definitely drove her crazy.
Gallery workers turned to the artist himself with a question about the gun in the hands of the doll. The artist confidently and even with a bit of irony answered that there was no gun there. Ordinary digital noise and interference that distort the original image. AT this moment the painting is in the gallery's vault and was exhibited only 6 times. Each time the picture caused fear among the visitors of the gallery. The artist himself subsequently created a sequel to the painting (2 paintings, one of which depicted the same characters 40 years later). But, alas, they did not conceal any mystery in themselves, and even more so they did not bring misfortune to anyone.

2. Portrait of Bernardo de Galvez

At the end of the hallway at the Galvez Hotel in Galveston, Texas, hangs a portrait of Bernardo de Galvez, a Spanish general who helped American troops during the Civil War. The city itself is also named after him. Despite the fact that Gálvez died in 1786, rumors about his ghost appeared during his lifetime. Guests and employees of the hotel claimed that the eyes in the portrait followed them as they walked down the corridor. One of the strangest aspects is that Galvez does not allow his portrait to be photographed without "permission". People claim that any photo taken without permission is blurry, or has inexplicable balls, fogs, streaks, or even ghosts. A group of paranormal researchers decided to check whether this is really so. A cold shiver ran through them as they realized that unless you asked permission from the painting, the pictures came out blurry.

3. "Crying boy"

In fact, this is not one picture, but a whole series. In 1950 italian artist Bruno Amadio, also known as Giovanni Bragolin, painted over 65 portraits of crying orphans, which he sold as souvenirs to tourists. Very quickly, his paintings became popular in England and they began to be massively copied. And until the 1980s, nothing strange happened.

Starting in 1985, firefighters began to claim that they found absolutely intact copies of the Crying Boy among the ashes and rubble of burned houses. Copies were always placed face down on the floor. In more than 50 houses, paintings inexplicably avoided fire.

Numerous psychics have claimed that the ghosts of orphans who died during World War II haunted these paintings. The whole story has reached the level of an urban legend. It should be noted that the original story appeared in the British tabloid newspaper The Sun, so many did not believe everything that was happening. The Sun, to test the legend, organized a massive bonfire for the owners of the paintings. When they brought the reproductions to the general burning, they found that the copies burned surprisingly very slowly. There is even one video on the BBC where a guy tried to burn a copy, pointing out that it burns slower than a regular copy of any other painting.

Maybe we should blame those who covered the copies of the paintings with fireproof varnish?

4. "Martyr"

Undoubtedly, this is a terrible and terrible picture. It was allegedly kept for 25 years in the attic of the grandmother of a man named Sean Robinson. According to the grandmother, the artist mixed his blood with paint when creating the painting, and immediately after its completion he committed suicide. She also said that various voices, screams and cries could be heard from the picture, and as the grandmother believed, the picture was haunted by the spirit of the creator. All this made the old woman hide the painting in the attic.

In 2010, Robinson inherited the painting, and allegedly almost immediately his family was faced with a series of strange events. Robinson stated that after he took over the Martyr, his son was pushed down the stairs by unseen forces; his wife often felt that something was stroking her hair, and the whole family heard the screams and cries that Robinson's grandmother described. Robinson even decided to put a camera next to the painting to record paranormal activity and then uploaded the recording to YouTube. The video he received showed the painting itself falling to the floor and the doors in the house slamming intermittently. And sometimes strange smoke emanated from the picture.

Many users, after watching the video, claimed that it was a hoax. Robinson has reportedly locked the cursed painting in his basement and refuses to sell it. By the way, there is another picture of the "Martyr", which is said to instill a sense of panic, dizziness, anxiety, even when viewed online. Take a look at it and decide for yourself.

What do you feel?

5. Painting with a man without a head

Our next unusual picture- this is, in fact, a painting painted from a photograph. In the mid-1990s, an artist known only as Laura P. made a living making paintings from photographs. Once her attention was attracted by a strange photo taken by photographer James Kidd.

In the photo, an old stagecoach is depicted in the foreground, and an image of a headless man appears to the side. Kidd insisted that this was not the case when he developed the photo. This became evident over time. Laura could not explain what exactly attracted her to the photo, but she was seized by an irresistible desire to paint a picture.

The artist reported that almost immediately after she began to paint, she could not overcome the feeling of fear and anxiety. She did not dare to complete what she started for a very long time, and when the test was over, the picture ended up in the local office. Workers in the office claimed that as soon as the picture got to them, documents began to disappear in the office, and objects changed their location. After 3 days, the painting was returned to the author. When Laura moved with her husband to new house, the picture along with the mysterious power moved with them.

In the new home, the couple repeatedly heard various anomalous sounds such as bumps, footsteps, and other less identifiable noises that always seemed to occur in the vicinity of the painting. In addition, other strange phenomena began to occur with increasing frequency. Very soon, things began to move around the house, doors opened, the roof began to leak, although everything was in order with it. One case was incredibly creepy: the glass from which Laura drank suddenly burst in her hand, and a large piece of glass disappeared without a trace.

Laura regretted having painted this picture and expressed her desire to destroy it.

6. "Love letters"

The list of cursed paintings will be replenished with a portrait of a little girl, which can be seen at The Driskill Hotel, Austin, Texas, USA. The girl depicted in the picture is very similar to another girl named Samantha Houston, 4 summer daughter US senator who died while staying at a hotel. She fell down the stairs while chasing a ball. Guests and staff reported that the girl in the painting sometimes changes her expression. There is also ample evidence that the picture "makes" you feel bad, and that it makes you feel dizzy, sick. Perhaps the ghost of the senator's daughter fell in love with this portrait, and he decided to "settle" in it.

7. "Dead mother"

another painting "Dead Mother" by Edvard Munch (author of the painting "The Scream"). If anyone does not know, Munch almost went crazy as a child. His upbringing was done by his father, whom everyone in the district knew for religious fanaticism, and his mother and his sisters died of tuberculosis when he was only 5 years old. This picture seems to reflect his longing, despair and madness to some extent. Munch spoke about his work in a manner characteristic of him: "Illness, madness and death were dark angels who looked after my cradle." People who once owned this painting claimed that the girl's eyes constantly followed them, and the sheets on the mother's bed made noise or moved. Sometimes the image of the girl left the picture.

8. "Man proposes, but God disposes"

AT art gallery Royal Holloway College, that at the University of London there is a painting called "Man proposes, God disposes", painted by Sir Edwin Landseer. The painting depicts an Arctic expedition team with their leader, Sir John Franklin. This team was not destined to survive. They are not just stuck in the ice of the Arctic ... They are devoured by polar bears. This picture drives students crazy, distracts them from the exam (exams are often held in the gallery), which they then “successfully” fail. Sometimes it is hung with a Union Jack flag. According to student legend, one student lost her mind and took her own life in front of an audience. True or not, but this is enough to get rid of the picture once and for all.

This review covers only the most famous paintings. What is it, true or false... You decide. But one thing is clear: paintings are not just images. They have a secret and a hidden power.

Caught near the remains of a crashed ship, one of which is tearing british ship ensign red ensign, and the other one gnaws at a human rib. The title of the painting uses popular expression in Latin Homo proponit, sed Deus disponit from the Catholic theological treatise of Thomas of Kempis "On the Imitation of Christ" (Book I, chapter 19). Together with the title, the work carries not only the image tragic fate expedition, but also touches upon the issue of confrontation between man and God. The painting can be seen as a symbolic depiction of the crisis of British triumphalism and imperialism. mid-nineteenth century, belief in the omnipotence of science, industrialization and man, the impotence of people against the forces of nature.

In 1864 the painting was exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts. Jane Franklin, the widow of John Franklin, was invited to the exhibition, but she tried to avoid "meeting" with the painting and did not go into the room where the work was hung out. The Art Journal appreciated the "poetry, pathos and horror" of the picture and its "tragic grandeur"; in the publication of the magazine "Atheneum" the epic work was noted; The Saturday Review praised the "sublime feelings" in the work. At the same time, the opinion of some critics about the picture was negative, it was said about the artist's bad taste, disgusting literalism and vulgar melodrama.

Since 1881 the painting has been at King's College Holloway, University of London. Since the 1920s, exams have been held in the room where the work is located. There is a superstition among college students that the picture promises bad luck during exams - a student sitting near it during exams goes crazy. Since the 1970s, the picture has been hung with the British flag for the duration of the exams: the tradition arose after one of the students refused to sit near the picture and, in horror, began to look for something to cover it with; this thing turned out to be a large British flag.

Notes

Icarus and the Wise Men

"Icarus and the Wise Men" - a 1976 cartoon, a laconic cartoon parable directed by Fyodor Khitruk.

Red Light (film)

Red Light is a 1949 film noir directed by Roy Del Ruta.

The film is based on the short story "That Guy Gideon" by Don "Red" Barry. The film tells about the owner of a transport company, Johnny Thorno (George Raft), who is obsessed with a sense of revenge for the murder of his priest brother. He sets out to find and punish the criminal, who turns out to be his former accountant Czerny (Raymond Burr), whom Johnny once sent to prison for embezzlement. However, when Johnny found his brother's killers, he suddenly realized his brother's last thought about the inadmissibility of revenge and let Czerny go, who ended up dying in an accident during the chase.

The film received mixed reviews critical acclaim for Raymond Burr's and Harry Morgan's performances as killers, as well as for the effective production of a number of scenes in a film noir style. However, weak side critics of the film considered its religious component, which was presented too preachy and implausible, as well as Raft's uninteresting game in leading role.

Landseer, Edwin

Edwin Henry Landseer (born Edwin Henry Landseer, March 7, 1802, London - October 1, 1873, London) was an English painter and sculptor of the Romantic era.

Edwin Landseer was younger son copper engraver John Landseer; one of his brothers was the painter Charles Landseer. He studied painting with his father and with the artist Benjamin R. Haydon. In 1814, he exhibited his paintings for the first time at summer exhibition at the Royal Academy, and in 1815 entered the school at the Royal Academy of Arts. In 1824, Landseer first visited the highlands of Scotland and since then has repeatedly come to this country to study. Based on Scottish motives, the artist painted numerous canvases, many of which are exhibited in the largest museums in the UK (for example, in the Edinburgh Museum of Scotland).

In 1826, Landseer became a corresponding member of the Royal Academy of Arts, in 1831 a full member of this Academy, and then a court painter to Queen Victoria and her husband, Prince Consort Albert. In 1850, Edwin Landseer was knighted by the Queen. In 1866 he was elected president of the Royal Academy of Arts, but refused this position.

In 1840, the artist suffered a severe nervous illness, which is why he later repeatedly suffered from depression, which did not prevent him from continuing to paint until old age. He painted primarily images of animals and landscapes. His works were also distributed in graphic and lithographic forms, creating wide popularity for Landseer not only in Great Britain, but also on the European continent. The artist also earned money by painting portraits of dogs of wealthy Englishmen. One of the breeds of dogs (a spotted variety of Newfoundland) is named after him Landseer.

E. Landseer is also known as a sculptor, creator of bronze cast sculptures animals (deer, lions). He owns, in particular, the statues of lions at the foot of Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square.

McClellan, Gerald

Gerald McClellan (Eng. Gerald McClellan; born October 23, 1967, Freeport, Illinois, USA) is an American professional boxer who performed in the middle and second middle weight categories. World middleweight champion (WBO version, 1991; WBC version, 1993-1994). He ended his career in 1995 after a severe brain injury received in a duel against Nigel Benn. In 2003, The Ring ranked him #27 of the 100 best punchers in boxing history.

Repertoire of the Imperial Maly Theater

For performances on stage Bolshoi Theater, see Repertoire of the Bolshoi TheaterHere is a list of productions of the Moscow Maly Theater in its pre-revolutionary period. The repertoire from 1824 to the end of the 1854/1855 season was compiled by T. M. Elnitskaya, and from August 1855 to October 1917 it is based on the works of N. G. Zograf “The Maly Theater of the Second half of XIX century "(M., 1960) and" Maly Theater in late XIX- the beginning of the XX century ”(M., 1966).

The Maly Theater opened on October 14, 1824, and at first its troupe was one with the troupe of the Bolshoi Theater (its building on Theater Square was opened on January 6, 1825), being under the control of the general directorate of the Imperial Theaters Russian Empire with head office in St. Petersburg. Musical and dramatic performances went together, inextricably, complementing each other, on both stages.

In the early years, the performances were intended for an aristocratic audience, and in one evening they usually gave two, three, or even four different performances. The repertoire changed very quickly, as a limited circle of viewers preferred new productions than watching the same one over and over again.

Romanov, Nikita Alexandrovich

Nikita Alexandrovich (January 4, 1900, St. Petersburg - September 12, 1974, Cannes) - prince of imperial blood, the third son of Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich and Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna. Grandson of Emperor Alexander III on the maternal side, and great-grandson of Emperor Nicholas I on the direct male line.

Northwest Passage

Northwest Passage (eng. Northwest Passage) - a sea route through the Arctic Ocean along the northern coast North America through the Canadian Arctic Archipelago.

Connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The various islands of the archipelago are separated from each other and from the Canadian coast by a group of Arctic waterways that are collectively called the Northwest Ways.

List of popular Latin expressions

"Anno" request is redirected here; about the series computer games see Anno (game series).

The list of Latin phrases on this page includes the set expressions of the ancient Roman language, which are still used in many languages ​​of the world, including Russian. The list is in alphabetical order for Latin expressions, with a Russian translation.

See also: list of Latin abbreviations, latin proverbs on Wikiquote and the category " Latin phrases and expressions.

List of Swedish proverbs

Below is a list of Swedish proverbs. In brackets is the translation or Russian equivalent.

Terror (novel)

"Terror" (Eng. The Terror) - historical novel in the genre of mystical thriller American writer Dan Simmons, published in 2007. The plot is based on the real story of Franklin's Arctic expedition - the voyage and sinking of two English ships "Terror" and "Erebus" in 1845-1848, trying to find the Northwest Passage. In the book, Franklin and his people fall prey to arctic cold and famine, face riots and cannibalism, as well as a demonic creature hostile to humans in the form of a polar bear.

Most of the characters in the novel bear the names of real sailors - members of the Franklin expedition; the uncertain fate of the expedition left Simmons plenty of room for fiction. The novel was nominated for the British Fantasy Award in 2008.

Franklin Expedition (1845-1847)

Franklin's expedition of 1845-1847 or Franklin's lost expedition (eng. Franklin's lost expedition) - an expedition to explore the Arctic, led by Sir John Franklin in 1845. Being an officer of the Royal navy and an experienced researcher, he participated in three Arctic enterprises, in two of them - as a commander. At the age of 59, Franklin undertook his fourth expedition. Her goal was to explore an unknown part of the Northwest Passage and complete its discovery. However, the expedition on two ships with 129 crew members, including Franklin himself, disappeared.

Under pressure from Franklin's wife and the public, the Admiralty began searching only in 1848. Thanks in part to Franklin's fame, and in part to the reward offered by the Admiralty, a number of outside expeditions joined the search. In 1850, eleven British and two American ships searched for the missing at the same time. Some of them met near Beachy Island, where the first traces of the expedition were found - the graves of three members of its crew.

In 1854, the doctor and traveler John Ray, while studying the topography of the Canadian coast of the Arctic Ocean south of King William Island, recorded the stories of local Eskimos and received from their hands objects belonging to the people of Franklin. Based on the stories of the Eskimos, John Ray was the first to suggest cannibalism among the members of the missing expedition, causing the anger of the British public. In particular, the writer Charles Dickens entered into a heated debate with Ray on the pages of the British press, declaring "the fundamental impossibility of cannibalism among the sailors of the Royal British Navy."

In 1859, a search expedition led by Francis Leopold McClintock discovered a note left on King William Island, with detailed information about the fate of the missing until the spring of 1848. The search continued throughout the second half of the 19th century. He achieved his greatest success in the 1860s. American traveler and journalist Charles Francis Hall, who confirmed the hypothesis of cannibalism.

In 1981, a group of scientists led by Owen Beatty, professor of anthropology at the University of Alberta, began a series of scientific research graves, bodies, and other artifacts left behind by Franklin's expedition to Beachy and King William Islands. They concluded that the crew members whose graves were found on Beechey Island most likely died of pneumonia and possibly tuberculosis, amid a general deterioration in health due to lead poisoning due to poor soldering of food cans. . However, later it was suggested that, perhaps, the source of poisoning was not canned food, but the distilled water supply system installed on the ships of the expedition. Marks on human bones found on King William Island were seen as signs of cannibalism. From the combined data of all researchers, it is assumed that the causes of death of all members of the expedition were starvation, hypothermia, lead poisoning and diseases (including scurvy), along with general exposure to extreme external environment in the absence of appropriate clothing and food. In September 2014, almost 170 years after the disappearance of the expedition, Canadian scientists found the wreck of one of the expedition ships, the flagship HMS Erebus, and on September 3, 2016, the well-preserved hull of HMS Terror was discovered near Beachy Island in the bay Nunavut by the crew of the Martin Bergman research vessel.

The Victorian media portrayed Sir Franklin as a hero despite the expedition's failure and evidence of cannibalism. Songs were written about him hometown Franklin - Spilsby, monuments were erected in London and Tasmania, and many geographical objects were named after him. In 1852 he was posthumously promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral.

The missing Franklin expedition is the subject of many works of art including songs, poems, short stories, novels, and television documentaries.

Man proposes, God disposes

Man proposes, God disposes - man does not control his destiny and cannot know it. Hopes, dreams, supposedly infallible calculations, well-defined plans - "assumptions" - can be destroyed at any moment by an accident, natural anomaly, someone's evil will or stupidity. But they are only visible reasons. Hidden - in predestination, formed somewhere, by someone ...

Phraseologism - translation latin expression Homo proponit, sed Deus disponit from the theological treatise of the monk Thomas of Kempis (1379-1471) "On the Imitation of Christ"

“What is our intention, such is our success, and much diligence is needed for those who want to succeed in good things. When even a firm intention often retreats, what about the one who is afraid of a decision or is unsteady in it? in different ways we come to the abandonment of our intention: and a slight omission of exercises almost never manages us without some loss. The righteous, in their intention, are established more on the grace of God than on their own wisdom; and in God they put their trust, no matter what they do, for man proposes, but God disposes, and His way is not our way "(Book 1, chapter 19)

In turn, Thomas of Kempis was guided by the Old Testament wisdom of King Solomon of Judea: "" ("Proverbs", chapter 16)

"Several years ago, inspecting the Cathedral Notre Dame of Paris, the author of this book found in a dark alley
one of the towers, the word inscribed on the wall:
AMAGKN (ROC)
He asked himself, he tried to comprehend, whose suffering soul did not want to leave this world without leaving this stigma of crime or misfortune on the forehead of the ancient church "(V. Hugo" Notre Dame Cathedral ")

Synonyms of the saying "man proposes, God disposes"

• A man plays the trumpet, and fate plays with the man
• You can't go against fate
• Fate is a villain, and life is a penny
• You can't fool fate
• Who is destined to be hanged will not drown
• To whom what is written
• Which have not be avoided
• Man speaks, fate laughs
• What happens, happens in time

Application of the expression in literature

— « I said to Bernard Ivanovich: “Man proposes, God disposes"(V. V. Shulgin "The Last Eyewitness")
— « Man proposes, God disposes,” says a Russian proverb"(P.K. Kozlov" Geographical diary of the Tibetan expedition ")
— « Over his fate, a long-standing saying of man has amazingly come true: man proposes, God disposes"(V. P. Meshchersky" My memories ")
— « However, no one is to blame: man proposes, God disposes (l'homme propose Diet dispose)!"(F. V. Bulgarin (Ivan Ivanovich Vyzhigin")

Continuation of the theme: "Scribbling" unnatural twins. The providence of God is not understood by the heroes of the proverb "Teach a fool to pray to God ... »

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The number of twins, first of all, from surrogate motherhood, artificial conception, etc. has increased dramatically in the "elites" after a number of my publications not only about the second boy, who was not there at my birth. But also about the fact that the Enlightened Ones considered the date of conception more important than the date birth, as well as the relationship between the dates of conception and birth. In addition, during the action "Birth a Patriot" - on the Day of Russia, perinatal centers showed practical skills in giving birth to children on the right dates. And since many people copy, they copy those dates of birth that they read about. For example, I wrote about the date of September 18, which is not so well known. Memorial Day of the parents of Zacharias and Elizabeth. Or about the date of the Yaroslavl Tolga Icon Mother of God August 21st. The twins were born to public figures, with a "degree of artificiality." PR technologists began to resist the Gods

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The theme of doubling first appeared for me in the 1990 poem “The Apple of the Magnet”. After 20 years, I returned to doubling in the article: "Female Trinity" of the Coat of Arms of Rurik and the sacred geometry of the "Apples" of the White Goddess" on November 1, 2010. Illustrations about the "doubling area" - the "Vessel of the Fish" at the Chalice burial. Chalice Hill, Glastonbury, England. Isle of Apples - Avalon: Church of the Archangel Michael on Chalice Hill. And after that, the format "Teach a fool to pray to God - he will hurt his forehead" also expanded. And not only in Russia. We are talking about twins who appeared on unnatural dates with artificial participation. Those. about what the picture “Man proposes, but God disposes” is a symbol of the crisis of triumphalism. One of the polar bears rips the English Red Ensign trade flag. The author, I note, was reproached for being literal.

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"Man proposes, God disposes" - painting English artist Edwin Henry Landseer, created in 1864 and dedicated to the missing Franklin expedition.
The painting, created in 1864, is dedicated to the tragic Franklin expedition of 1845-1847. The work depicts two polar bears that ended up near the remains of breakinga walking ship, one of which is tearing the British Red Ensign flag, and the other is gnawing a human rib. The title of the painting uses the popular expression in Latin Homo proponit, sed Deus disponit from the Catholic theological treatise of Thomas of Kempis "On the Imitation of Christ" (Book I, chapter 19). Together with the title, the work carries not only the image of the tragic fate of the expedition, but also raises the issue of the confrontation between man and God. The picture can be viewed as a symbolic depiction of the crisis of British triumphalism and imperialism of the mid-19th century, faith in the omnipotence of science, industrialization and man, the impotence of people against the forces of nature.
The Art Journal (English) Russian appreciated the "poetry, pathos and horror" of the picture and its "tragic grandeur"; the publication of the Ateneum magazine noted the epic nature of the work; The Saturday Review praised the "elevation of feelings" in the work. At the same time, the opinion of some critics about the picture was negative, it was said about the bad taste of the artist, disgusting literalism and vulgar melodrama.
Since 1881, the painting has been at King's Holloway College, University of London..,"

There are many in Russian set phrases and expressions in which we are talking about God, his relationship to man. Some of them carry a certain meaning, which indicates the greatness of the Creator. Such an expression is considered to be the phrase "Man proposes, but God disposes." The article will discuss the meaning of this expression, the history of its appearance, and its use in literature.

The origins of the expression

Many stable expressions that speak of God, his attitude to people and people to him, are taken from Holy Scripture. For example, Golden Rule morality of mankind, which says that it is necessary to treat other people as you would like to be treated. That was what Jesus Christ gave, and that is what is mentioned in the Gospels. In the Russian language there are phrases taken from both the New Testament and the Old, and many of them have become winged.

The phrase "Man proposes, but God disposes" is taken from the Old Testament from the book of Proverbs (Proverbs 19:21): "There are many plans in the heart of a man, but only that which is determined by the Lord will happen." Naturally, the modern wording is very different from the text of Scripture, but it was this parable that became the basis for the expression.

Literally, this phrase is found in the works of Christian writers. Scientists suggest that for the first time this phrase appeared in a literal form in the work "On the Imitation of Christ." In addition, they believe that the author of the book is Thomas a Kempis. In this work, the author refers to the Christian as if it was he who uttered this phrase and also said that all righteous people trust in God. This expression testifies to the special Providence of God in relation to each specific person.

"Man proposes, but God disposes": what does this expression mean

The phrase means that a person does not rule over his destiny, that he does not control it and cannot know it in advance. Dreams, hopes, seemingly infallible calculations, verified assumptions, plans - all this can collapse in one moment, all this can be destroyed by a natural cataclysm, an accident, as a result of someone's malicious intent or human stupidity. But these are all only visible reasons for what happened. And the hidden reasons lie in predestination, which is formed by someone and somewhere ...

A person cannot foresee what the consequences of his actions will be. It is generally not given to him to know what will be useful for him and what will be harmful. Sometimes negative events change the fate of a person and himself, making him more kind, cordial, humane, and positive ones, such as winning the lottery, can easily destroy him.

This phrase contains deep meaning. This is a lesson for all of us. A person should not be offended by the Lord for what he has to go through. It is necessary to know a simple truth: everything that happens is necessary for it to happen, all the actions of a person and his suffering will lead him to where he should be and make him who he should be.

Proverbs that are close in meaning

Dahl V.I. in the book "Proverbs of the Russian people" states that this set expression which is translated from a foreign language.

Proverbs similar in meaning:

• You can't defy fate.
• Which have not be avoided.
• You can't fool fate.
• To whom what is written.
• Everything that happens, happens at the right time.

Use of the expression in fiction

The expression "Man proposes, God disposes" is found in fiction: Shulgin V.V. in the novel “The Last Eyewitness”, Kozlov P.K. in the essay “Tibetan Expedition. Geographical diary”, in Meshchersky V.P. in the memoirs “My Memoirs”, in Bulgarin F.V. in the novel “Ivan Ivanovich Vyzhigin”, in Dzhaarbekova S.A. in the novel “Unusual Fate”, in Voinovich V.N. , Hasek Yaroslav, Chekhov A.P. in the story "Slander".