Cercetare Bucovina, Biserica Sucevița (1980)
"Dimitrie Gusti" National Village Museum

Cercetare Bucovina, Biserica Sucevița (1980)

Ioan George Andron · 1980

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"Dimitrie Gusti" National Village Museum

The Church from Sucevița Monastery dedicated to “Resurrection of the Lord” was included in the World Heritage List in August 2010. The church was built between 1582 and 1584, built in the style of Moldavian architecture, a style consolidated during the reign of Stefan cel Mare. The style is a harmonious blend of the Byzantine and Gothic art elements, plus architectural elements of the old wooden churches from Moldova. The exterior painting of Sucevița Monastery is the best preserved part of the group of Moldavian churches with exterior painting, the only one that preserves its north side, where the stage “Ladder of Virtues” (Scale of St. John Scararul) is represented. The blending of the colors, predominant being the raw green metallic and red, a color attributed to the Holy Spirit, symbolizing the spiritual renewal, which stands out by a chromatic multitude, harmonizing with the green of the forests and pastures surrounding the monastery. In Sucevița, it is the narrative character of the paintings, which made the unity of the ensemble a lot of small paintings, each with his artistic personality. The painting of Suceava is the most iconographic complex of the feudal churches in Moldova.

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