How Old Russia’s Famous Iconographer Painted a Remote Northern Monastery
There is a small monastery 100 km from the city of Vologda
There is a small monastery 100 km from the city of Vologda, which is included on the UNESCO World Heritage List. And all because of the unique church paintings from the 16th century, which have perfectly survived to our days.
It is known that Dionisy painted the cathedral in the Pafnutevo-Borovsky Monastery in the Kaluga Region. And Grand Duke Ivan III liked his frescoes so much that ordered a number of icons for the newly built Assumption Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin.
Artist Dionisy is considered to be the successor of the iconographic tradition of the legendary Andrei Rublev, author of the famous ‘Trinity’ icon.
‘Hodigitria’ is considered the earliest surviving work by Dionisy — Tretyakov gallery
Dionysius was one of the most revered artists in Russia of the late 15th and early 16th centuries. By the way, he was a contemporary of Leonardo da Vinci.
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