Influence on Rublev: a
wall-painting, from 1378, in the Church of the Transfiguration,
Novgorod, Russia, depicting the hospitality of Abraham (seen in
Orthodoxy as an Old Testament type of the Trinity; another
presentation of the same subject is seen
in the base of the Ravenna mosaics,facing page). This is the
earliest surviving monumental commission by the Byzantine artist
Theophanes the Greek, who "played a crucial role in the development
of Russian art", as he acted as mentor to Andrei Rublev
(1360s-1427), according to the commentary on this painting inThe
Glory of Byzantium and Early Christendom (publicationdetails in
caption on page 31).Two other photos from the book are on page
34
Influence on Rublev: a
wall-painting, from 1378, in the Church of the Transfiguration,
Novgorod, Russia, depicting the hospitality of Abraham (seen ...