February 5, 2020 208 0 Icon of the Mother of God Ktitorissa Background Prince Arcadius, son of Emperor Theodosius the Great, fell from a ship into the sea during a heavy storm near the Vatopedi Monastery…
January 29, 2020 624 0 What Is a Measure Icon and What Is It for? Search engines fetch a wide array of links to icon painting workshops specializing in measure icons, as well as links to articles popularizing these…
January 23, 2020 461 0 Mikhail Nesterov Mikhail Nesterov was not a monumentalist by the nature of his talent, but rather a lyricist. For almost twenty years of his creative biography,…
January 20, 2020 954 0 Why Do Icons Feature the Sun, Moon and Stars? The tradition of depicting stars and constellations in Christian art goes back to ancient times. We see their red flashes on the mysterious white…
January 16, 2020 233 0 Frescoes of the Holy Transfiguration Church Few people know that there is only one historical site on the territory of modern Belarus where 12th-century frescoes have been preserved: the Transfiguration…
January 12, 2020 877 2 Victor Vasnetsov Victor Vasnetsov’s artistic career is impressive: he painted pictures, illustrated books, decorated churches, created architectural sketches (for example, he drew a sketch of the…
January 11, 2020 584 0 Seeking Perfection in the World of Art: The Artistic Path of Father Sophrony ‘Prayer is infinite creation, the supreme art.’ “O CHRIST our GOD, Desire of our hearts, Diffuse the light of Thy truth over us That…
January 7, 2020 326 0 Mother of God Of the Three Joys During the time of Peter I (beginning of the 18th century), one painter was sent to study in Italy. Upon returning to Russia, he…
January 1, 2020 314 0 Dionisius the Wise My exposure to Russian icon painting began with the works and the name of Dionisius. A friend of mine has an amazing book-album titled…
December 25, 2019 704 5 Andrei Rublev There is an opinion – I do not remember who expressed it – that people in the 15th century had such a thirst and…