Andrei Rublev was a Russian artist considered to be one of the greatest medieval Russian painters of Orthodox Christian icons and frescoes. He is revered as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church, and
An icon of Saint Rublev
Nativity of Jesus, 1405 (Cathedral of the Annunciation, Moscow Kremlin)
Baptism of Jesus, 1405 (Cathedral of the Annunciation, Moscow)
Andrei Arsenyevich Tarkovsky was a Soviet film director and screenwriter of Russian origin. He is widely considered one of the greatest directors in cinema history. His films explore spiritual and met
Andrei Rublev
…The Russian Orthodox Church canonized Rublev as a saint in 1988, celebrating his feast day on 29 January and/or on 4 July. In 1966, Andrei Tarkovsky made a film Andrei Rublev, loosely based on the artist's life. This became the first (and perhaps only) film produced in the Soviet era to treat the…
Tarkovsky on a Russian stamp
Monument to Andrei Tarkovsky at entrance of Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography
Andrei and Larisa Tarkovsky's grave, Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois Russian Cemetery in France