The Trinity
The Holy Trinity:
The characters of his paintings are always peaceful and calm. After some time his art came to be perceived as the ideal of Church painting and of Orthodox iconography. Andrey was buried at Andronnikov Monastery on January 29 of 1430 (this date is still uncertain). His work has influenced many different artists including Dionisy. At the Stoglavi Sobor (1515) Rublev’s icon style was announced as a model for church painting. He was canonized a saint in 1988 by the Russian Orthodox Church. The church celebrates his feast day on January 29 and July 4. Since 1959 the Andrey Rublev Museum has been open at the Andronnikov Monastery, displaying the art of his work and his epoch.
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The only work authenticated as entirely his is the icon of the Trinity, 1410, currently in the Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow. It is based upon an earlier icon known as the “Hospitality of Abraham”. Rublev removed the figures of Abraham and Sarah from the scene, and through a subtle use of composition and symbolism changed the subject to focus on the Mystery of the Trinity. In Rublev’s art two traditions are combined: the highest asceticism and the classic harmony of Byzantine mannerism
