. Basil’s Cathedral (2012) Художественная композиция - Анатолий Жамойдо

Zhamoydo Anatoly, Bulba Natalya
St. Basil’s Cathedral, 2012
230 x 230 x 230 mm.
Package: 290 х 290 х 285 mm.
Matches
Beads:
Japanese beads (Toho company) – 5 colours,
Czech beads (Preciosa Ornela company) – 19 colours
(2 types – gilded),
microbeads of 9 colours,
Japanese beads of 1 colour,
Swarovski beads of 7 colours,
Adhesive Swarovski beads of 3 types,
Pastes in metal of 3 colours,
Czech rondelles.
Metal beads and caps of Tierra Cast company (the USA),
Wire of silver and golden colour (thickness 0,3 mm, 0,2 mm, 0,1 mm),
Adhesive film 4 colours,
Computer graphics,
tinsel,
glue of 4 types,
(PVA adhesive, epoxy adhesive, aquarium adhesive, Draconfly),
plasticine,
acrylic resin

The Cathedral of the Protective Veil of the Holy Mother of God on the Ditch which is also called
St. Basil’s Cathedral is an orthodox temple situated on Red Square of Kitay-Gorod in Moscow.
Until XVII century it had been usually called Troitsky (Trinity) Cathedral since the original wooden
temple was dedicated to the Holy Trinity. It was also known as “Jerusalem” Cathedral which was connected
to both an initiation of one of side chapels and a cross procession to it from the Dormition cathedral
with the Patriarch riding a donkey on the Great and Holy week. Later in one of its side chapels
a well known holy fool Basil was buried because of whom the cathedral got its popular name.
The legend says that he himself gathered money in his laps for the future Protective Veil Temple to
be built, brought it to Red Square and threw over the right shoulder – copeck to copeck, and nobody,
not even thieves, touched the money. And before his death, in August 1552 he gave the money to Ivan
the Terrible who ordered to build a temple on that place.
There is a legend that when Ivan the Terrible saw the temple he ordered to blind the masters so
that they would never be able to create a wonder of equal beauty. It says that the tsar asked whether
the master was able to build a temple which would be equal to or better than that one, but the master
replied with a challenge in his voice: “I can!” That angered the tsar. So he cried: “You are a liar!” and
ordered to blind him so that the temple remained the only one.
The unique Protective Veil Cathedral became an incarnation of a Moscow National idea of the
Third Rome presenting an architectural picture of a Biblical New Jerusalem – the kingdom of God. It
was not only the place where people prayed, it was also an icon itself, an icon of stone.
Even today St. Basil’s Cathedral is one of the most famous sights of the Russian Federation. It is the
symbol of not only Moscow but also Russia for many people.
It is included in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.