One of the key characteristics of Rublev’s works is spiritual harmony, the blending of both inner and outer beauty in the saints he depicts. The harmony Rublev achieved through the use of sacred geometry in the compositions also evoked a sense of clarity and purity. Rublev’s work carries with it a luminosity and elegance of expression in the figures depicted. Sergius of Radonezh consecrated his Monastery Cathedral to the Holy Trinity, “So that the sight of the Holy Trinity would serve to vanquish fear of the hateful strife within this world”. Rublev’s most famous Icon, the Trinity, now hangs at the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow, where it continues to stun viewers both by its great size as well as the artistic levels of excellence he was able to achieve in this work. They worked together also to paint the Trinity Cathedral at the Trinity Lavra between 1425-1427. The Assumption Cathedral in Vladimir was painted by both Rublev and Daniel Chorny in about 1408. This brought a much greater sense of presence to the icons, allowing the viewer to feel present with the saints as they worshipped.
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Rublev and Theophanes introduced full figure saints into the Iconostasis as opposed to the Byzantine style of using half figures. Iconostasis of the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in the Trinity Monastery of St. Many of these also include a tier of prophets as well.
This fully developed representation of the Festal Scenes along with the central figures of Saints John, Mary, and the Archangels Michael and Gabriel is often found arranged in tiers at the high altar of Orthodox churches. The Moscow Icon painters of the early 15 th century transformed the rather heavy Byzantine style of the iconostasis and Rublev was among those, along with Theophanes, who created the Russian style of the Iconostasis. Theophanes is generally considered to have been Rublev’s teacher in icon painting and one can certainly see the similarities in their work. He was able to express the spiritual ideals of his time and integrate the tenets of Byzantine Iconography into his icons in a way no one has been able to do before or since.Īndrei Rublev, along with the icon painter Theophanes, painted the icons for the Cathedral of the Annunciation in Moscow. Sergius Lavra near Moscow and his spiritual teacher was St. For a large part of his life he lived in the Trinity-St. Michael Hales on Why Icon Writing and not …īorn in the 1360’s in Moscow, Andrei Rublev is widely considered the one of the greatest painters of Russian Orthodox Icons.
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