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Tags: | Iconostasis, St.Isaacs, Cathedral, St.Peterburg, Russia, places, art, view, Russian, Orthodox, St.Peter, Rome, St.Paul, London, Santa, Maria, Fiore, Florence, Dalmatia, Peter, Great, Montferrand, malachite, lazurite, icons, mosaics, paintings, interior, Karl, Bryullov, Mikhail, Lomonosov, masters, museum, stone, marble, granite |
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Date: | 26.10.2024 02:26 |
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Description: View to the iconostasis inside Saint Isaac's Cathedral, St.Peterburg, Russia.
The Saint Isaac's Cathedral is the largest Russian Orthodox cathedral and the fourth largest cathedral in the world, smaller in size only in comparison with the Cathedral of St.Peter in Rome, St.Paul’s Cathedral in London and Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedral in Florence. It is dedicated to Saint Isaac of Dalmatia, a patron saint of Peter the Great. The cathedral took 40 years to construct, under Montferrand's direction, from 1818 to 1858.
The large iconostasis is framed by eight columns of semiprecious stone, six of malachite and two smaller ones of lazurite. The four pediments are also richly sculpted.
The iconostasis is covered with icons all over. Most of the icons are incredibly detailed mosaics, which look like original paintings, after which they were made.
The interior was originally decorated with paintings by Karl Bryullov and other great Russian masters. When these paintings began to deteriorate due to the cold, damp conditions inside the cathedral, Montferrand ordered them to be reproduced as mosaics, a technique introduced in Russia by Mikhail Lomonosov.
This work is elaborate and time-consuming. It took of two masters one year to create only one square meter of a mosaic. The Saint Isaac's Cathedral is sometimes called 'The museum of natural stone', as for in its decoration were used 16 different kinds of marble from all over the world, malachite, lapis lazuli, granite etc.
The Saint Isaac's Cathedral is the largest Russian Orthodox cathedral and the fourth largest cathedral in the world, smaller in size only in comparison with the Cathedral of St.Peter in Rome, St.Paul’s Cathedral in London and Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedral in Florence. It is dedicated to Saint Isaac of Dalmatia, a patron saint of Peter the Great. The cathedral took 40 years to construct, under Montferrand's direction, from 1818 to 1858.
The large iconostasis is framed by eight columns of semiprecious stone, six of malachite and two smaller ones of lazurite. The four pediments are also richly sculpted.
The iconostasis is covered with icons all over. Most of the icons are incredibly detailed mosaics, which look like original paintings, after which they were made.
The interior was originally decorated with paintings by Karl Bryullov and other great Russian masters. When these paintings began to deteriorate due to the cold, damp conditions inside the cathedral, Montferrand ordered them to be reproduced as mosaics, a technique introduced in Russia by Mikhail Lomonosov.
This work is elaborate and time-consuming. It took of two masters one year to create only one square meter of a mosaic. The Saint Isaac's Cathedral is sometimes called 'The museum of natural stone', as for in its decoration were used 16 different kinds of marble from all over the world, malachite, lapis lazuli, granite etc.
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