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Gleb Bogomolov, the cloak , 200 x 300 cm , 1996 , oil on canvas /cm. those .


Gleb Bogomolov was born in 1933 in Leningrad. Bogomolov was among the organizers of the first exhibitions of nonconformist artists in the Palace of Culture. Gas and "Nevsky" in the 1970s . Since 1974 he has participated in more than two hundred exhibitions in Russia and abroad. Member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Contemporary Art , the winner of the Tsarskoye Selo Prize 1997.

Please explain the name "the cloak".

Maphory as a tunic , mantle , the top women's clothing.

" In Byzantium, with the IX. Maphory revered as a sacred robe of the Virgin. It covers the head " Byzantine folds . " From under the cloak usually see a narrow edge of the rotation - the headband ( slav. calotte , cap ) . Maphory In Western iconography depicted in blue , only occasionally, in the scene of the Annunciation - red as red - a symbol of the Holy Spirit in the form of the Archangel Gabriel. in this case, the Archangel Gabriel is not represented , but instead show a dove - the symbol of the Holy Spirit . maphory in Old Russian icon of Our Lady wrote a special paint - The hocks , dark red with a purple hue, near the ancient purpura . povoy - scarlet . Along the edge of the cloak is a border of three gold stripes symbolizing the Holy Trinity , and three gold stars - the forehead and shoulders - refers to the "three virginity " of Mary . "

bykinist, thank you.
Very interesting.
I'm in church vocabulary - ignorant.

Calling shown, the artist spoke.

Maphory - it's just clothes, long shoulder shawl, cape.

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