Sujet

Iconostasis in the Church of the Transfiguration [Belozersk, Russian Empire], 1909. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky.

Légende

Iconostasis in the Church of the Transfiguration [Belozersk, Russian Empire], 1909. In Eastern Christianity, an iconostasis is a wall of icons and religious paintings, separating the nave from the sanctuary in a church. Russian chemist and photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944) was a pioneer in colour photography which he used to document early 20th-century Russia and her empire, including the vanishing way of life of tribal peoples along the Silk Route in Central Asia. In a railway-carriage darkroom provided by Czar Nicholas II, Prokudin-Gorsky used the three-colour photography process to record traditional costumes and occupations, churches and mosques - many now Unesco World Heritage sites - as well as modernisation in agriculture, industry and transport.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM24A06_061

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Droits gérés

Format disponible

60,2Mo (4,6Mo) / 42,0cm x 35,9cm / 4960 x 4242 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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