Moreover, the structure of the Church gave that aspiration to a spiritual life, as compared to the power that the Church later ended up being.
Fulfilling this function were the monks and nuns, 29 who were truly leading a spiritual life, and Rublev was one of them. But the specifics of Russian style, and especially of the monastic movement of the XV th century transpires through the Old Testament Trinity that presents the perfect sacrifice of love: the Father angel on the left, flanked by the institution as a sign of His Wisdom , full of grief but encouraging, looks toward the Son angel in the center , who bows His head to the will of the Father, while blessing the chalice, and the Holy Spirit angel on right, flanked by a mountain, sign of spiritual elevation , who also bows His head to the Father.
The fulfillment of the prophesies, the Sacrifice of the Lamb portrayed between Abraham and Sarah , the center of Christianity, is embodied in this icon. His saints seem to be generous and ready to help, 33 watching you with their soul-searching glance.
As Sergei of Radonezh did in his life, Andrei Rublev combines in his art the Christian theology and outlook with a loving regard and care for man who is the object of Orthodox Christian interpretation. Indeed, along with Orthodoxy, Russia borrowed the Byzantine tradition of iconography and followed these models closely, until the Mongol invasion, when only Novgorod, the only one to have escaped the destruction of the invaders, still had contacts with Byzantium and was influenced by its art, but at the same time, developed a unique Russian iconography.
In addition, because of the numerous princes, with their own courts, existed during the period known as Appanage Russia after the fall of Kievan Rus and before the rise of Muscovite Russia , local center of art and iconography developed, which in time bore little resemblance to the Byzantine canons. Rublev is born at a time when Moscow rises to power and starts uniting all the principalities in Russia under its protectorate and the intense spiritual movement of St. Sergei of Radonezh aids this trend.
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Andrei Rublev, a famous medieval painter of orthodox icons and frescos, is considered the pride and glory of Russian culture. The name of Rublev is connected not only to the flourishing period of Russian art, but also to the revival of Byzantine art after its ruin under the Ottoman rule.
It is not known where he was born but he probably lived in the Trinity St. Sergey Monastery in the small town of Sergiev Posad near Moscow. He was a monk under Nikon of Radonezh, who succeeded Sergey of Radonezh, a famous saint and Father Superior of the monastery. In the early chronicles, the name of Rublev comes up in connection with the construction of different churches. After the Battle of Kulikovo between the Tatar-Mongols and the Russians near the Don River in , many new churches were erected in Russia, and each was decorated by Russian iconographers.
This served as a source of inspiration for Rublev. The first mention of Rublev as a painter appears in when, together with Theophanes the Greek and Prokhor of Gorodets, he painted icons and frescos for the Cathedral of Annunciation of the Moscow Kremlin. His name was the last on the list of craftsmen as he was a junior both by rank and age. Russian art was highly influenced by the art of the Byzantine Empire.
Many artistic traditions, particularly in regard to icon painting and church architecture, originated in Byzantine and were. Rublev is often considered to have been a pupil of Theophanes the Greek, a famous Byzantine painter who worked in Russia for over thirty years.
Approximately during the same period, Rublev is believed to have painted at least one of the miniatures in the Khitrovo Gospels, an illustrated Book of Gospels from the early 15th century. The book contains eight full-page miniatures, portraits of four Evangelists and four pictures of their symbols. The miniature of the angel, a symbol of the evangelist Matthew, is usually attributed to Rublev. A young winged boy with curly hair is framed in a circle, which gives the image tranquility and completeness.
The colors of azure blue and fresh green create a feeling of joy and easiness. But one chronicle confirms that in Rublev painted the Assumption Cathedral in Vladimir with Danil Cherny and other painters.
Eventually, in a fit of jealousy, one of the monks will leave his monastery, cursing the devotion to art that has corrupted his brothers. Later, Rublev refuses to terrorize the faithful by painting a Last Judgment scene. Indeed, it was precisely the veneration of icons that came to distinguish Russian art from that of the West.
As the Renaissance gathered momentum, sacred images were transmuted into secular works of art; Russian paintings, however, remained less representations of the world than embodiments of the spirit. On one hand, Rublev is founded on the conflict between austere Christianity and sensual paganism—whether Slavic or Tatar. On the other, it puts the artist in the context of state patronage and repression. One wonderful touch: Andrei inadvertently backs into a smoldering fire and has his robes set, momentarily, aflame.
The birch woods are alive with water snakes and crawling ants, the forest floor yields a decomposing swan. Andrei Rublev is itself more an icon than a movie about an icon painter. By Christina Newland. By Devika Girish.
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