Ornament. Late Byzantine style

Because of being high class master in fresco painting, icon painting, historical painting, having prizes and diploma of many exhibitions in Russia and abroad, Vladimir Boytsov won in the competition for the right to take part in the painting of the Temple.

Ornamental painting of western and northern arch (central part), corridor vaults (northern part) Boytsov team's painters made in Old Byzantine icon painting style. That style was defined by ╩. Ton and ornamental painting made by Boytsov team was defined by Leon Dal, the son of «exactly that» V. Dal (author of the Live Great Russian language explanatory dictionary).

Internal space of the Temple is divided by 4 pylons to altar, under dome and refectory parts and so makes spacious hall. The hall is framed with gallery where on the walls are placed marble plates with names of victors in the war of 1812 and adherents of the faith and the truth. Here are also located «manifesto about temple construction» by Alexandre I dated 25 December 1812. Upper part of the hall is occupied by gallery. In the south part there is a side-altar to the name of consecrator and miracle-worker Nicholas, in the northern part there is a side-altar in the name of good faith prince Alexander Nevsky.

Ornamental painting on the Temple walls is a large part of decoration. Colors of the painting were chosen very thoroughly. By remained intact fragments Boytsov restored original by colors ornamental frames for architectural and thematic forms of the Temple. Ornaments founded and made in Old Russian and Byzantine traditions frame western and northern arcs and corridor vaults, create on walls something like iconostasis. The system of ornamental paintings of Boytsov united in a single whole the themes of earthy life of Christ and holy history of Russia.

Texts of marble plates of bottom corridor were underlined by ornaments uniting elements of heraldry and Byzantine ligature where the combination of yellow, purple and golden colors amazes by its solemnity and luxury.

Important detail: total area of painting in the Temple is more than 23000 sq. m., more than one half is ornamental painting.

Vladimir Boytsov is telling:

«On the small dome of western side-chapel worked collective of professor Eugeniy Maximov. Excellent work in color and such spatial decision improves the design of this side-chapel. And ornament begins to climb down from vaults, pilasters, archs, gradually saturating framing of the composition both in the side-chapel and partially on compositions on gallery.

All compositions, portraits in stamps, figured bands, semi-figured images had to be united - and that was the main idea - by this luxurious ornament with gilding made in last Byzantine traditions. It interlaces all this different compositions and portraits of saints. Many painters of different schools work on them. At the time of the competition were chosen the best teams representatives of such famous centers of Russian art as Saint-Petersburg academy, Yaroslavl icon painting. Masters from Pskov, Moscow, Podolsk, Novgorod worked there. So the project of the Temple organized unique community of the most famous specialists».

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