Jjdelvecchio's List: Visual Analysis Paper

Ivan Aivazovsky was born in 1817 in the ancient Crimean town of Theodosia on the shores of the Black Sea. As a boy he loved to draw and attracted the attention of the town governor, who helped him gain admission to the high school and in 1833, the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts. While at the academy, Aivazovsky absorbed the spirit of Romanticism, an outlook that he would maintain throughout his lifetime. The main theme of Aivazovsky’s work is the struggle against the elements and love of nature. Aivazovsky was not just a professional marine painter, he knew the sea and loved it.