Russian Actors

Theophanes the Greek (1340 – 1405), a painter who worked in Christian Worship. He painted frescoes, icons, thumbnails. Played a number of murals in the churches of Constantinople and Galata, Khalkedon, Cafe (Feodosia). In Russia, painted the Saviour on Ilin church in Novgorod (1378), together with Simeon Black – Church of the Nativity of the Virgin (1395), Archangel Cathedral (1399), together with Andrei Rublev and Prokhorov Gorodets – Annunciation Cathedral (1405) – all in the Kremlin . Also worked in Serpukhov, Nizhny Novgorod, and possibly in Kolomna, Pereslavl-Zalessky. Theophanes the Greek credited icons deesis iconostasis of the Annunciation Cathedral in Moscow Kremlin – "Christ," "Lady," "John the Baptist" and "Archangel Gabriel", "Paul", "John Chrysostom" (with helpers). Traces of its amendments remained at likah of St. Michael and St. Basil the Great on the icons of the same rank. By Tracings Theophanes the Greek, and some of his immediate figure, filled with icons of the festive rank of the same cathedral. Workshop Theophanes the Greek (according to some researchers – most Theophanes the Greek), attributed to the Icon of Our Lady of the Don "with the" assumption "on the back (1380 or 1392)," a four "and" Transfiguration "- from Pereslavl-Zaleski (all in the Tretyakov Gallery) and initials of the manuscript of the Gospel Cats "(c. 1392, Library of the USSR. VI Lenin, Moscow). For works by Theophanes the Greek pathos characteristic of inspired images, dramatic dynamic and original methods of writing, bold picturesqueness which is combined with the skill the plastic molding and a clear structural pattern. Creativity and personality of Theophanes the Greek were highly valued in ancient Russia, where he called the "philosopher". Created by him in Moscow workshop stimulated the activities of local artists, which worked out, however, different from feofanovskogo style. Lit.: Lazarev VN, Theophanes the Greek and his school, Moscow, 1961; Goleizovsky NK, Notes on the work of Theophanes the Greek, in the Sat: Byzantine chronicle, v. 24, Moscow, 1964; his own , Epiphanius the Wise on the frescoes of Theophanes the Greek in Moscow, ibid, vol 35, Moscow, 1973.