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SPIRITCOMMUNICATOR: ART GALLERY

Creation of Adam, by MICHELANGELO di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni
He (God) arrives floating in space, His powerful cloak flying about Him, accompanied by angels. When His pure, strong gaze meets the man's longing look, the spark of divinity passes from the pointed finger of His right hand to Adam. Michelangelo does not show us the event of man's creation, but the moment in which man receives his soul, the reward for his desire for divinity. Cappella Sistina Rome

Cappella Sistina Rome
Description: This tour guides you through the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican, presenting the ceiling frescoes painted by Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512, the Last Judgment, the largest single fresco created in the 16th century, also by Michelangelo between 1535 and 1541, and the frescoes on the side walls painted by different, mainly Florentine artists in the 15th century. Several new pages are added to the regular pages of the gallery.

Andrei Rublev
The Icon of the Holy Trinity. Painted in the early 15th century, probably around 1425, this is one of the most masterful of the Russian icons. The large icon was executed by Andrei Rublev for St. Sergius, the founder of the Trinity Monastery at Sergeev Posad (Zagorsk). Although there is severe damage to some parts of the picture, the quality and composition of the icon are still quite legible. Painted by one of Russia's preeminent icon artists, the picture represents the Trinity through the image of the three strangers welcomed and feted by Abraham under the oak of Mamre (Genesis 18). The icon is noted for its vivid colours and masterful circular composition indicating the Oneness of the Triune God, centering on the single blood-filled chalice set in the table's middle. See also "A Sampling of Russian Icons"

Russian Language and Area Studies Program at Gustavus Adolphus College

Virgin of the Don, The Icon of the Virgin of the Don (end of the 14th century) is a depiction of the Theotokos ("Mother of God") executed by Theophanes the Greek.

We are pleased to announce that this page, "A Sampling of Russian Icons," has been named one of "the 500 most significant Catholic web sites on the World Wide Web." The list appears in the recently released book, Catholicism on the Web by Tom Fox (MIS Press, New York). More information about the book can be had from The NCR Online pages.

Russian Language and Area Studies Program at Gustavus Adolphus College