2.36 FC – Monumental Painting

Marble is one of the most significant materials employed in Byzantine architecture, particularly in the decoration of interiors. A defining feature of Byzantine architectural ornamentation is the use of marble revetments covering walls up to the level of arches and vault piers. From the early Byzantine period onward, such marble cladding was extensively utilized in…

Despite some recent rediscoveries (the exhibition of the Nukus Museum collection at the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, in 2017; the restoration of the frescoes in the church of Sofia, Wisdom of God, Moscow, in the same year), the work of the artist Vladimir Komarovskij (1882-1937, executed in Butovo), remains largely unknown in…