Title: Saint George the dragon slayer8
1SAINT GEORGE THE DRAGON SLAYER
2Medallion French ca1420 Metropolitan Museum of
Art
31370-1380 Musée de l'orfèvrerie, Domaine du
Château de Seneffe, Belgium
41370-1380 Musée de l'orfèvrerie, Domaine du
Château de Seneffe, Belgium
5Pendant ca 1460 Metropolitan Museum of Art
Pricket Candlestick ca 1160 Metropolitan Museum
of Art
6Prof E. Pattarino Italy St Georges kills the
dragon Italian Art Pottery
Austria or Germany (1475) Metropolitan Museum of
Art
7Watch ca1600 Metropolitan Museum of Art
Seal Ring V-VI century Metropolitan Museum of Art
8Silver XIV century, Metropolitan Museum of Art
9Vintage Russian Molnija St. George Dragon Double
Eagle Pocket Watch
Kees Engelbarts watch
10Yaroslav Tutaev Bell Foundry
Russian Pocket Watch
11 St. George and the Dragon fountain, Sofia
(Bulgaria)
12Tilman Riemenschneider (1460-1531) Saint George
Slaying the Dragon - 1490 Museum für
Byzantinische Kunst Berlin
13Tilman Riemenschnei-der (1460-1531) Saint George
Slaying the Dragon - 1490 Museum für
Byzantinische Kunst Berlin
14Small town of Taybeh near Bethlehem
15Sevastopol Victory Park. Crimean Peninsula
16Sevastopol Victory Park The main attraction of
the park is the thirty-meter column topped by a
bronze figure of St. George, created by the
sculptor V. Klykova
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18Sevastopol Victory Park St. George, created by
the sculptor V. Klykova
19Moscow region 2010 Sculptor A. Selivanov and E.
Ovchinnikov
20The Orthodox Gonfaloniers Union calls blasphemous
the project of Moscow canalization manholes
depicting St. George
21The series includes ten covers dedicated to one
of the main Moscow symbols - St. George the
Victory-Bearer. The Art Lebedev Studio reports
that design of the manholes covered was ordered
by the Industry, Housing and Utilities
Department.
22Moscow Monument in the Kremlin Installed on the
dome of the Senate Small Palace
23Moscow in the courtyard of the Military Artists
Studio them. M.B.Grekov Author - sculptor
Alexander Studios Taratynov
24Moscow The stele with the sculpture of St.
George - Monument to fallen police officers
25Moscow
26Moscow square in front of the Riga
Station, Monument to all Moscow train
stations 2014
27Moscow park Muzeon (opposite Gorky Park) Sculptor
Boris Petrovich Ulyanov 2005
28Moscow Komsomolskaya Square sculptor Salavat
Shcherbakov
29Moscow Komsomolskaya Square sculptor Salavat
Shcherbakov
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31Moscow Svyatogor Hard stone carving
studio 2014 Author Ivan Golubev Materials pyrite
, moss agate, jasper, marble, Belarus flint,
chalcedony, grey quartzite, agate, fossilised
wood, flint, red jasper, Shaytan agate, smoky
quartz, metal Dimensions 70 63 65.5 cm
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35Moscow Manezhnaya or Manege Square, Glass cupola
crowned by a statue of Saint George, holy patron
of Moscow
36The centerpiece of the refurbished square is a
four-story underground shopping mall and parking
lot, surmounted by a rotating glass cupola, which
forms a world clock of the Northern hemisphere
with major cities marked and a scheme of lights
below each panel to show the progression of the
hour.
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38The glass cupola crowned by a statue of Saint
George, holy patron of Moscow. Tsereteli
supervised reconstruction of Manege square. He
was author of St. George Victorious monument
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42The Victory Park and the Square of Victors are
important parts of the outdoor museum in Moscow
Poklonnaya Gora. In 1990s an obelisk was added
with a statue of Nike and a monument of St George
slaying the dragon, both designed by Zurab
Tsereteli
43The obelisk's height is exactly 141,8 meters,
which is 10 cm for every day of the War
44Moscow Victory Park Poklonnaya Hill St-George
Slaying Dragon Obelisk
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46Zurab Konstantines dze Tsereteli (born 1934) is a
Georgian-Russian painter, sculptor and
architect known for large-scale and at times
controversial monuments
47Tsereteli has served as the President of
the Russian Academy of Arts since 1997
48The statue of St. George on a granite podium at
the foot of 141.8 meter (465 feet) obelisk,
which stands on the main square of the Victory
Park on Poklonnaya Hill and symbolizes the 1418
days and nights of the Great Patriotic War. For a
long time George has been seen as the protector
of Orthodox warriors in Russia.
49In addition, St. George is the symbol of the city
of Moscow
50A golden-domed Orthodox church was erected on the
hilltop in 1993-95
51Moscow Church of Saint George in Poklonnaya
Hill To mark the 50th anniversary of the Victory
the temple of Saint George the Victorious on
Poklonnaya Hill was installed. It is reminiscent
of the main commander of the Second World Georgy
Zhukov, whose heavenly patron was St. George. The
temple was consecrated on May 9, 1995.
52Bas-relief of George the Victorious on Church of
St George on Poklonnaya Hill in Moscow
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54Text pictures Internet All copyrights belong
to their respective owners Presentation Sanda
Foisoreanu
2016
Sound Russian male Orthodox choir