{"id":6851,"date":"2022-03-13T19:23:29","date_gmt":"2022-03-13T15:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ra.iaran.ru\/?page_id=6851"},"modified":"2022-03-13T19:23:29","modified_gmt":"2022-03-13T15:23:29","slug":"staircase-turret-of-the-st-georges-cathedral-in-the-yuriev-monastery-archaeology-architecture-and-fresco-painting","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.ra.iaran.ru\/?page_id=6851&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"STAIRCASE TURRET OF THE ST. GEORGE\u2019S CATHEDRAL IN THE YURIEV MONASTERY: ARCHAEOLOGY, ARCHITECTURE AND FRESCO PAINTING"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Vladimir V. Sedov<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Institute of Archaeology RAS, Moscow, Russia<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>E-mail:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:sedov1960@mail.ru?subject=\u041f\u0438\u0441\u044c\u043c\u043e%20\u0441\u0444\u043e\u0440\u043c\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u043e%20\u043d\u0430%20\u0441\u0430\u0439\u0442\u0435%20&amp;quot;\u0420\u043e\u0441\u0441\u0438\u0439\u0441\u043a\u0430\u044f%20\u0430\u0440\u0445\u0435\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0433\u0438\u044f&amp;quot;\" target=\"_blank\">sedov1960@mail.ru<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Keywords:<\/strong> Rus, medieval Novgorod, princely architecture, monastic art, archaeology, wall painting, fresco technique, attribution.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The article focuses on the architecture of the staircase turret of the St. George\u2019s Cathedral in the Yuriev (St. George\u2019s) Monastery near Novgorod and fresco wall paintings in the drum and dome at the top of the turret as well as those marked on the walls of the spiral staircase itself. This painting made in the first half of the 12th century can be interpreted in different ways: at present, experts have been associating it with the monastic use. Moreover, the room in the drum of the dome is regarded as a solitary space for monastic prayer. The analysis of the architecture of the staircase turret leads to conclusion that most of its features are related to the princely order and the main purpose of the tower: a way to rise to the choir loft intended for the prince and his entourage. In this regard, the understanding of the nature of the painting at the top of the turret may change. The article also touches on the chronology of the construction and painting of the St. George\u2019s Cathedral: the painting of the turret was suddenly stopped, which may be due to several events. The most probable one is the beginning of the construction of the princely St. John\u2019s Church in Petryatin Court in 1127, where masters from the St. George\u2019s Cathedral could be transferred to.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DOI: <\/strong>10.31857\/S086960630016578-4<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vladimir V. Sedov Institute of Archaeology RAS, Moscow, Russia E-mail:\u00a0sedov1960@mail.ru Keywords: Rus, medieval Novgorod, princely architecture, monastic art, archaeology, wall painting, fresco technique, attribution. The article focuses on the architecture of the staircase turret of the St. George\u2019s Cathedral in the Yuriev (St. George\u2019s) Monastery near Novgorod and fresco wall paintings in the drum and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":6646,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6851","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ra.iaran.ru\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ra.iaran.ru\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ra.iaran.ru\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ra.iaran.ru\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ra.iaran.ru\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6851"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.ra.iaran.ru\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6851\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6852,"href":"http:\/\/www.ra.iaran.ru\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6851\/revisions\/6852"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ra.iaran.ru\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ra.iaran.ru\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}