03 — ARTWORK
General view
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COMMENTARY
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The Ivan the Great Bell Tower is a church tower inside the Saint Basil's CathedralThe principal church of a province or diocese, where the throne of the bishop is placed. For reasons lost to time and tradition, a cathedral always faces west - toward the setting sun. The altar is placed at the east end. The main body, or nave, of the cathedral is usually divided into one main and two side aisles. These lead up to the north and south transepts, or arms of the cross, the shape in which a cathedral is usually formed. complex. With a total height of 81 metres, it is the tallest tower and structure of Kremlin. It was built in 1508 on Cathedral Square for the three Russian Orthodox cathedrals, namely the Assumption (closest to the tower), the Archangel and the Annunciationthe term for the event described in the Gospel according to St. Luke, when the Angel Gabriel brings the Virgin Mary the news that she is to bear her son, Jesus Christ. The Annunciation was among the most widespread pictorial subjects of European art during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance., which do not have their own belfries. It serves as a part of Moscow Kremlin Museums.
The Bell Tower was built by Bon Fryazin, one of the many Italian architects of the Renaissance era invited by Ivan III (also known as Ivan the Great) to design buildings for the Kremlin complex in the centre of Moscow. 'Fryazin' was the common last name how the Muscovites called those who came from Italy.
The Ivan the Great Bell Tower is an ensembleA combining of several media grouped together to form a composite art work. Chapels were among the most notable Renaissance ensembles, sometimes combining panel painting, fresco, sculpture, and architecture. with three components. All of the buildings are made of brick, and are whitewashed in accord with the neighbouring buildings of Cathedral Square. The tower itself consists of three octagonal drums, narrowing towards the top, and surmounted by a golden domein architecture, hemispherical structure evolved from the arch, usually forming a ceiling or roof. and seven-meter high cross. Each section has cut-out windows for the bells, and the upper third has a series of kokoshnik ornamentation (which marks the translation between the 1509 original and the 1600 addition).
OTHER WORKS BY BON FRYAZIN
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