Rublev's frescoes in the Dormition Cathedral, Vladimir

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Painting · 1408 · Vladimir · Eastern Europe & Russia

A Last Judgement without terror: Rublev turned the scene of retribution into a calm procession of the saved

Rublev's frescoes in the Dormition Cathedral, Vladimir — Alexxx1979 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Author: Andrei Rublev
Style: Russian Icon Painting: Theophanes, Rublev, Dionisius — The Byzantine canon recast as stillness: light instead of shadow, rhythm of silhouettes instead of volume
Century: 15th century

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