![]() The affairs of bygone days, the traditions of the deep olden days. It has been restored several times over the past 100 years. Immediately after the disclosure of the Holy Trinity, problems began with its safety. Its main source was Byzantine painting of the Palaeologus era. Rublev did not know the monuments of Italian art, and therefore, he could not borrow anything from them. Instead of dark, "smoky" tones and restrained, severe brown-red colors, the audience saw bright sunny colors, immediately reminiscent of Italian frescoes and icons of the 14th - first half of the 15th century. But when it was “discovered”, everyone was amazed at the beauty of the author's layer. Over the past 100 years, the "Holy Trinity" had to be restored more than onceīy that time, the "Holy Trinity" did not enjoy the veneration of believers: she did not heal, did not perform miracles, did not stream myrrh. ![]() Such a renewal of icons could lead to changes in the sizes and proportions of figures, their poses, and other details. The icons began to be removed from the frames, which covered them almost completely, and also to be cleaned of drying oil and varnish, on top of which Russian icon painters wrote a new image, as a rule, coinciding in the plot, but in accordance with the new aesthetic requirements of the time. Then it was repeatedly overlaid with gold.Īt the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, Russian icon painting was "discovered" as an art. Since 1575, the icon has occupied the main place in the "local" row of the iconostasis of the Trinity Cathedral of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra. For the first time, it is mentioned in the decree of the Stoglav Cathedral (1551), where it is recognized as complying with the church canons. It is noteworthy that neither the life of Sergius nor the life of Nikon says a word about the "Holy Trinity". The question of exactly when this could have happened remains open. The icon painters had to paint the temple with frescoes, as well as create a multi-tiered iconostasis. He invited the artel of Andrei Rublev and Daniil Cherny to complete the decoration of the newly built Trinity Cathedral. The version with which most researchers agree today is that the icon was made in praise of Sergius of Radonezh by order of his student and successor, Abbot Nikon. Who ordered Trinity to Rublev? There is no exact answer. In the background are the house (the chambers of Abraham), the tree (in Rublev's interpretation, the tree of life, which God planted in Eden) and the mountain (a prototype of Golgotha, which Jesus is destined to ascend). This bowl is the semantic center of the icon. The Trinity sits at a table, on which a chalice with the head of a calf is a symbol of Christ's suffering, to which he will go to atone for the sins of mankind. Rublev depicted an Old Testament plot with a distortion of the canon His green cape (himation) speaks of a dual nature (human and divine). The Holy Spirit, answering God the Father, points to God the Son. At the same time, he blesses the cup, bringing two fingers to it. He is turned towards the Holy Spirit, to whom, as it were, he asks the question of who will go to the atoning sacrifice. As the first among equals, he wears the signs of power: purple robes with a gold stripe over his shoulder. Each has a scepter (a symbol of power) and azure robes (a sign of an unearthly essence). The angels are arranged so that the lines of their figures form a closed circle. We see neither Abraham nor his wife Sarah, but only the Trinity. Medieval icon painters necessarily depicted all the participants in the parable. The idea that in the image of angels the single essence of the tri-hypostatic god - the Holy Trinity - was revealed to Abraham - was established by the 9th-10th centuries. Then two angels went to punish the inhabitants of Sodom, and the third angel stayed with Abraham. ![]() They told Abraham that in a year a son would be born to him, from whom the Jewish people would go. According to the original, the forefather Abraham met three mysterious wanderers near the oak forest of Mamre, who would later be called angels. The icon is written according to the Old Testament theme "The Hospitality of Abraham". ![]()
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