Hagia Sophia Cathedral

Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey)

Anthemius of Tralles

Isidore of Miletus

532-537AD

-centralized basilica plan

-mathmeticians never built before

Virgin and Child with Emperors Constantine and Justinian the Great

mosaic

located in Hagia Sophia Constantinople

-inverse perspective

-gold background

Apse Mosaic of Virgin and Christ Child

845

Mosaic

-incarnation dogma is why it is located there

-in defense of icon worship

St. Sophia (Hagia Sophia)

Kiev

1037

-inscriptions in greek (because Greek clergy came from Greece with Vladimir's conversion)

-dedicated to spirituality of Hagia Sophia, Turkey

Virgin Oranta

apse vault mosaic

located in St. Sophia, Kiev

-at the top

Sophia Cathedral

Novgorod

1045-1052

-cross-in-square floor plan

-Grand Prince Yaroslav entrusted Vladimir (son) to build it

Magdeburg bronze doors

Sophia Cathedral, Novgorod

1152-1154

Masters Rikvin and Weismut

-originally made from Polish Cathedral

-brought to Novgorod in 14th Century

Miraculous icon of the Mother of God of the "Sign"

(Znamenie)

located in Hagia Sophia, Novgorod

First half of 12th Century

-palladium icon of Novgorod

-icon shed tears in Battle of Novgorod v. Suzhal

-referenced in icon of Battle of Novgorod

Savior Transfiguration Church

Novgorod

1374

-frescos by Theophanes

-building commissioned by Boyar Vasily Danilovich

Christ Pantocrator and Heavenly Host

1374

Transfiguration Church, Novgorod

Central Dome

Theophanes the Greek

-white daubs of paint = divine light

Old Testament Trinity

Trinity Chapel, Transfiguration Church, Novgorod

1374

Theophanes the Greek

-3 figure around Abraham

-1374 or 1278??

St. Macarius the Desert Father

1374

Stylite Fresco

Transfiguration Church, Novgorod

Theophanes the Greek

-teacher of pure mental prayer through solitude (hesychea)

-essence of uncreated light (hesychasm) captured

The Angel with Golden Hair

circa 1200

Novgorod

tempura on wood

-1 of the oldest surviving Russian icons pre-mongol

-icon part of deesis row of iconostasis

The Miracle of St. George and the Serpent

late 15th Century

Novgorod

tempera on wood

Saint John the Ladder and Saints George and Vlasy

late 15th Century

Novgorod

egg tempera on wood

The Miracle of the Icon of the Holy Sign (Battle between the Novgorodians and Suzdalites)

Early 16th Century

Novgorod icon

tempera on wood

-historical narrative of battle

-helmut alignment=very Byzantine

Transfiguration Icon

Church of the Saviour, Nereditsa

1530-40s

egg tempera

-Prophet Elijah led to Mt. Tabor

Transfiguration Church

1714

Nestor

aspen wood, no nails

octahedron

-located in Kizhi Open-air Museum

St. George Cathedral

Yuri Polsky

1230-34

cross-in-square floor plan

stone

-originally built by Prince Sviatoslav/rebuilt by Yermolin (under Ivan 3)

Dormition Cathedral

Moscow Kremlin

1479

Stone

Aristotle di Rodolfo from Bologna

-fisrt stone church in Moscow

-cornerstone laid in 1326 when Metropolitan moved to Moscow

Virgin of Vladimir Icon

early 12th century

egg tempera on wood

30x21in

-palladium of Vladimir

-associated with miraculous rescue of Moscow from Tamerlane siege in 1395

-used to be housed in Dormition Cathedral

Cathedral of Archangel Michael

Moscow Kremlin

1333/1505-8

stone

Alovisio Novo

-cruciform

-facade italianate

Iconostas of Annunciation Cathedral

Deesis and Festive Rows

Moscow Kremlin

1405

Theophanes, Andrei Rublev, Prohor of Gorodets

Annunciation Cathedral

Moscow Kremlin

Deesis Row

by Theophanes the Greek

1405

Annunciation Cathedral

Virgin Mary

Theophanes the Greek

1405

Annunciation Cathedral

Moscow Kremlin

-black robe with white streaks