Alina Kondratiuk

The project examines Ukrainian art from the post-Byzantine era. It focuses, in particular, on a mural painting of the Church of the Savior at Berestove, executed in 1643-1644 by Greek painters. The mural painting of the Church of the Savior is very important for understanding characteristic features of Ukrainian spiritual life of the early modern period. The style of the murals is typical for Orthodox post-Byzantine tradition; most of the text following the compositions is written in Greek, but in the complex theological program of the ensemble new baroque ideas were expressed. The studies of the murals of the Church of the Savior are also important because of the prominent role of this monument in the formation of a new style of Ukrainian Baroque art.