![]() Monastery, displaying the art of his works and his epoch. Since 1959 the Andrei Rublev Museum has been open at the Andronnikov The church celebrates his feast day on January 29 and July 4. He was canonized a saint in 1988 by the Russian OrthodoxĬhurch. After some time his art came toīe perceived as the ideal of Church painting and of Orthodox iconography.Īndrei died at Andronikov Monastery on between 14 (the traditional date is January 29, 1430). In Rublev's art, two traditions are combined: the highest asceticismĪnd the classic harmony of Byzantine mannerism. Subject to focus on the Mystery of the Trinity. Scene, and through a subtle use of composition and symbolism changed the Rublev removed the figures of Abraham and Sarah from the It is based uponĪn earlier icon known as the "Hospitality of Abraham" (illustrating ![]() 1410, currently in the Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow. The only work authenticated as entirely his is the icon of the Trinity,Ĭa. He is also believed to have painted at least one of the miniatures in Work, the frescoes of the Savior Cathedral. After Daniil's deathĪndrei came to Moscow's Andronikov Monastery where he painted his last The Assumption Cathedral in Vladimir and in 1425–1427 the Cathedral Was an important Byzantine master who moved to Russia, and is consideredĬhronicles tell us that in 1408 he painted (together with Daniil Cherni) Little is known about his life, and still less is known about the breadth of his work as an iconographer. Of the list of masters as the junior both by rank and by age. In 1988, the Russian Orthodox Church glorified (the formal process of canonization in the East) the celebrated iconographer Andrei Rublev (c. With Theophanes the Greek and Prokhor of Gorodets. ![]() The first mention of Rublev is in 1405 when he decorated icons and frescosįor the Cathedral of the Annunciation of the Moscow Kremlin in company Andrei Rublev probably lived in the Trinity-St. There is little information about his life. To be the greatest medieval Russian painter of Orthodox icons and frescoes. Rublev, born in the 1360s, died btween 14, is considered Thei commemoration appears in A Great Cloud of Witnesses.ĪNDREI RUBLEV MONK AND ICONOGRAPHER, 1430 Holy God, we bless you for the gift of your monk and icon writer AndreiĪnd blessed Trinity who lives and reigns through ages of ages. Rublev, who, inspired by the Holy Spirit, provided a window into heavenįor generations to come, revealing the majesty and mystery of the holyĪnd blessed Trinity who livest and reignest through ages of ages. The monk Daniel, who died before Saint Andrew, appeared to his friend and urged him to join him in eternal blessedness.Holy God, we bless thee for the gift of thy monk and icon writer Andrei He was over seventy years old at the time of his death. Saint Andrew fell asleep in the Lord between 1427-1430, and was buried in the Andronikov Monastery. ![]() At this time Saint Andrew painted his most famous icon: the Holy Trinity (actually, the Hospitality of Abraham). Saint Nikon of Radonezh asked Saint Andrew and Daniel to paint the new church in the reconstructed monastery of the Holy Trinity, which had been destroyed by the Tatars in 1408. His next important project, which he undertook with the monk Daniel, was to paint the frescoes in the Dormition Cathedral in Vladimir in 1408. Saint Andrew is first mentioned in the Chronicles in 1405, when he, Theophanes, and Prochorus painted the cathedral of the Annunciation. Sometime before 1405 he moved to the Spaso-Andronikov Monastery founded by Saint Andronicus (June 13), with the blessing of Saint Nikon.There Saint Andrew received monastic tonsure and was taught iconography by Theophanes the Greek and the monk Daniel, Saint Andrew’s friend and fellow-ascetic. Saint Andrew became a novice in the monastery under Saint Nikon. While still very young, he went to the Holy Trinity Monastery, and was profoundly impressed by Saint Sergius of Radonezh (September 25).Īfter the death of Saint Sergius in 1392, Saint Nikon (November 17) succeeded him as igumen. Saint Andrew Rublev, Russia’s greatest iconographer, was born near Moscow sometime between 13. Lives of the Saints / Venerable Andrew Rublev the Iconographer ![]()
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