The "Golden Age" of medieval Russian painting Automatic translate

The "Golden Age" of medieval Russian painting is considered to be the period from the second half of the XIV-XV centuries. Theophanes the Greek works in Moscow. Part of the iconostasis painted by him in the Annunciation Cathedral has been preserved. The largest artist of this era can be called Andrei Rublev (1370-1430).

His frescoes were preserved in the Assumption Cathedral of Moscow, where the scenes of the Last Judgment are depicted with special expressiveness; the iconostasis of the Trinity Cathedral in the Trinity-Sergius Lavra and the deesis composition in Zvenigorod. In Vladimir, he, along with Daniil Cherny (1360 - 1430), painted the local Assumption Cathedral. The scene of the Last Judgment is also best preserved here. But the new in Rublev’s work was that in this scene there is no intimidation, punishment, in the apostles and their army there is no asceticism. The victory of goodness and justice prevails, as well as the call to a bright and righteous life, courage. Rublev’s creativity is characterized by a high humanity of images, humanism. Rublev’s most famous work is considered the “Trinity”. It is from this icon at the beginning of the XX century. and the study of his work began. It was written for the Trinity Church in the Trinity-Sergius Monastery, where Sergius of Radonezh was buried. Rublev’s creativity ends with the emerging in the XII century. the process of separation of Russian painting from Byzantine. It was a rejection of Byzantine severity and asceticism.

A major phenomenon in painting in the XV century. was the work of Dionysius (1440-1503). The icons of Dionysius with strongly elongated and graceful figures are inherent in elegance and solemnity. They were also famous for their delicate pattern and exquisite color.

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At the turn of the XVI-XVII centuries. in art two art directions proved especially vivid: Godunovskaya and Stroganovskaya schools. Godunovskaya school got its name because the main customer for the works was for tsarist Boris Tsar Boris Godunov. Masters of Godunov’s school tried to follow the examples of Rublev and Dionysius, but the icons turned out to be archaic, with obvious signs of eclecticism. The icons of the Stroganov school, where the main customers were the Stroganov merchants, were distinguished by their careful writing, even the sophistication of the drawing and unusual colors that were superimposed on a gold background, which created the effect of a glow from the inside of the icon.