Theophanes the Greek

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Theophanes the Greek was a renowned Byzantine icon painter who worked in late 14th- and early 15th-century Russia and significantly influenced the development of Russian iconography, including that of his famous pupil Andrei Rublev.

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instanceOf Byzantine painter ⓘ
Orthodox Christian iconographer ⓘ
icon painter ⓘ
person ⓘ
activeIn Moscow ⓘ
Nizhny Novgorod ⓘ
Novgorod ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
artisticSchool Moscow school of icon painting ⓘ
Novgorod school of icon painting ⓘ
artisticTradition Palaiologan Renaissance style ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Byzantine Empire ⓘ
culturalInfluence Byzantine–Russian artistic exchange ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Greek ⓘ
fieldOfWork Christian iconography ⓘ
religious art ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genre religious painting ⓘ
influenced Andrei Rublev ⓘ
development of Russian iconography ⓘ
knownFor innovative icon compositions ⓘ
introducing refined Byzantine techniques into Russian art ⓘ
large-scale church fresco cycles ⓘ
languageOfName Greek ⓘ
legacy major figure of medieval Russian art ⓘ
teacher of leading Russian icon painters ⓘ
movement Byzantine art ⓘ
Russian icon painting ⓘ
notableStudent Andrei Rublev ⓘ
notableWork Cathedral of the Annunciation frescoes, Moscow Kremlin ⓘ
Church of the Savior of the Transfiguration on Ilyina Street frescoes ⓘ
Iconostasis icons for the Cathedral of the Annunciation, Moscow Kremlin ⓘ
The Transfiguration (Novgorod) icon ⓘ
occupation fresco painter ⓘ
iconographer ⓘ
patron Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
religion Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
styleCharacteristic ascetic elongated figures ⓘ
dramatic use of light and shadow ⓘ
expressive brushwork ⓘ
strong spiritual intensity ⓘ
subjectMatter Christ ⓘ
Theotokos (Mother of God) ⓘ
linked to: Theotokos

biblical scenes ⓘ
saints ⓘ
timePeriod early 15th century ⓘ
late 14th century ⓘ
workedOn cathedral decoration projects ⓘ
iconostases ⓘ

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