Biography of Veronika Tsaritsyna
The Taftyan Church of Fyodor Ioannovich is a unique historical monument that united the Russian monarchs Rurikovich and Romanovs, which has become a symbol of military glory in imperial Russia. The iconostasis, which was a well -thought -out composition of icons sewn with silk and gold threads, was executed in the year in the lights of the Queen Irina Fedorovna Godunova.
Among the works of “Sheep art” that have survived to this day, it stands out by the lyricism of the embodiment, the subtle psychologism of images, artistry and the skill of performance. Its creation and especially the completion of the long -awaited heiress of the throne of the Tsarevna Feodosia can be considered as part of a large -scale state program aimed at preserving the Rurikovich dynasty, or as a figurative expression “prayer about Chadorodium”.
Fedor Stratilat and Irina. With the camping church, which included the image from the iconostasis of King Fedor, “broken” in - gg. In historical works on this significant episode, the news of the arrangement in front of the royal village opposite the Molokhovsky Gate of Smolensk of the Taftyan Church and the commission of a grateful prayer was preserved.
It was as the military relic of his father Tafti Church transported Tsar Peter I from Moscow to the northern capital. In August, a fire occurred in the church, and this was a severe test that fell to the share of the monument. The next year after the fire, the affected iconostasis was replaced by a new, however, the memorial, so significant and revered as the shrine, managed to preserve.
In the year, the iconostasis was transferred to the Russian Museum. The complex state of the preservation of sewn fragments and icons that underwent many alterations and gross mounts required their urgent restoration. In the year, the iconostasis entered the workshop of the restoration of the ancient Russian painting of the Russian Museum, however, the restoration of the monument surrounded by military glory was interrupted by the Great Patriotic War.
It continued only in the year and already in the new sewing restoration workshop. Trinity Old Testament. The timing despite the numerous losses and burns with which the icons entered the restoration workshop of the Russian Museum, obviously high professional quality of sewing. Even the few icons of the Taftyan Church today make it possible to make an idea of the artistic perfection and scale of the whole plan.
Researchers noted that by all means of artistic expressiveness in the iconostasis, "the cerebral paste that meets the purpose of the work as the camping church of the Russian sovereign is emphasized. The timing of the fragment, however, the iconostasis, which gathered around itself for centuries, new images, and gaining new meanings, could initially think for the noble king Fedor Ioannovich and Queen Irina Fedorovna on a completely different way.
His main idea was connected with the prayer for Chadorodia. The promotional program of Fedor Ioannovich applied not only to the construction of temples over the relics of Russian miracle workers and the construction of perits in the name of the saints Theodore and Irina, but also determined the content of the work of the Tsaritsyna Svetlitsa.