Contemporary Icons (XVth Century)

Theophanes the Greek, Moscow
Zree, Macedonia
Mount Athos
Sinai


Byzantine art


Contemporary art


Andrei Roublev : iconostasis, Cathedral of the Dormition, Zvenigorod near Moscow.

Theophanes the Greek : iconostasis, Cathedral of the Annunciation, Moscow.

Icon of the Holy Trinity, Rublev.

School of Resava : Lubostinija, Yougoslavia.

Rublev and Tchorny : fresco of the Last Judgment, Cathedral of the Dormition, Vladimir.

Novgorod, Pskov, Tver russian schools make great strides

Wall paintings of St-Sabas, Trebizonda.

Frescoes of the Morava school in the Manasija monastery; the church of Kalenic, Yugoslavia.

Decoration of the chapel and the belfry, Agia Sophia, Trebizonda.

Frescoes of the Patanassa church, Mistra.

Wall paintings of Constamonitou convent, Mount Athos.

St Mamas, Louvazas, Cyprus.

Iconostasis of Kargopol Cathedral.

Frescoes of Backovo, Kalotino and Dragilevci, Bulgaria. Frescoes of Dolhesti Mari, Popauti, Roumania.

Frescoes of Dionissi in Parfuntiev convent, near Moscow.


Début de la peinture à l'huile...

Donatello : Saint Georges.

Da Fabriano : L'adoration des Mages.

Masaccio : Fresques de Carmine.

Dôme de Florence de Brunelleschi.

Fra Angelico : Annonciation.

Van Eyck : L'Agneau mystique.

Alberti publie son Traité de la peinture.

Enguerrand Charonton peint la piéta d'Avignon.


Gutenberg imprime la Bible.


Mantegna : La Vierge à l'Enfant.


Van der Weyden : Adoration des Mages.

Piero della Francesca : La légende de la Croix.

Filippo Lippi : Vierge à l'enfant et deux anges.

Hans Memling : Vierge à l'enfant.

Antonello de Messine : St Sébastien.

Léonard de Vinci : Vierge aux Rochers.

Botticelli : Pieta.


Political context

Life of the church


1402 - Tamerlan victory at Ankara.

1408 - Siege of Moscow by Tatars.

1415 - Manuel II Palaeologus strengthens Morea.

1419 - Hussite revolt in Bohemia.

1422 - First siege of Constantinople by Mourad II.

1425 - John VIII Palaeologus.

1430 - Mourad II recaptures Thessaloniki.

1431 - War of Galata between Byzance and Genoa.
Death of Joan of Arc.

1445 - Defeat of Varna: the way to Constantinople is open to the Ottomans.

1449 - Constantin IX Dragases. End of the Mongolian domination in Russia.

1452 - Capture of Constantinople by Mehmet II. Byzantine Empire ends.

1460 - Ottomans takes Mistra.

1461 - Ottomans take Trebizonda.

1462 - Reign of Ivan III in Russia.

1473 - Marriage of Ivan III with Zoe Palaeologus.
1480 - Ivan III defeats the Tatars and takes Novgorod.

1492 - Discovery of America. Catholic Kings conquer Granada.

1496 - War of Russia against Sweden.

1497 - Travels of Vasco de Gama.







1414 -
Council of Constance.








1431 -
Council of Basel.





1438 - Council of Florence: Reunion of eastern and western churches. Strong opposition of the orthodox.




1446 - Church of Russia is declared autocephalous.
End of the Great Schism in western Church.

Spiritual life

Artistical life


Birth of Saint Catherine of Genova (?)

Saint Angela Merici was born in 1478




Theophanes the GreeK died in 1410

Andrei Rublev died in 1430

Dionissi was born in 1440




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