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Arbore Monastery

Arbore Monastery, remembered primarily for its founder, whose name it and wear – Luca Arbore. In 1497, he defended with courage Fortress for three weeks against the Polish siege. Luca Arbore goalkeeper of Suceava was almost 40 years since 1486.
The monastery began raising trees in April of 1503, as we learn directly from its inscription: “The will of the Father and with Son and Holy Spirit committed in the days of Christ binecinstitorului and gentleman lover, Io Stefan Voevod of God’s mercy, prince of Moldavia, Luke Arbure pan, Parcalab Suceava Arbure old son, Parcalab Neamt, was pleased with the goodwill and clear, luminous heart and with God and with God’s help, or started to build this house in the name of honorable and glorious prophet cutting forerunner John the Baptist, and began in 7011 (1503) April 2, ended the same year, August 29. ”
In 1523, “In April, the city Harlaului, Stefan Voda pre cut Arbure Hetman, which say it with hiclenie be found,” wrote the chronicler Grigore find Ear. So Luke ended shaft, one of the great landowners of Stefan cel Mare, chief counselor of Bogdan III and guardian of Stefan Voda.
As a boyar foundation, the monastery has no tower. In construction they see some architectural innovations and a great balance of proportions. It is built of brick and stone extracted from quarries in the area.
Arbore Monastery era a rectangular exterior without tower. Starting from the idea of a longitudinal type churches, elegant silhouette is accentuated by the extension of the building outside the walls to the west side (about 2.5 meters) and their union at the top by arches, thus obtaining a semi-open space, which is for the first time in Moldavian architecture.
Overtime side walls connected by a wide semicircular arch, bordering on the outside, Western front, a great niche, designed, apparently, seat of bells.
Shaft’s craftsmen have made straight walls with huge smooth, introduced in the nave and the narthex eliminating caps initial semi-cylindrical. Low arches, no spirals, arcs system modovenesti slopes and all the church offers elegant proportions, showing a building of great value.
The entrance is located on one side of the building. Inside, the church has a three-cusped plan false, apses are two arched niches in the thick side walls.
In the narthex tomb is located monastery founder, Hatmanul tree, killed in command of Stefan Voda in 1523. Ark tomb is considered the most valuable means of Gothic Bucovina funeral.
Shortly after the tree work on September 8, the same craftsmen and Reuseni raised on the site says he was beheaded by Bogdan Voda, the last founded by Stefan the Great, like the Church of the tree.
After 38 years raising tree church, at the initiative of Anna, sister of tree, namely in 1541, will be the set of interior and exterior painting. What is impressive especially in the church is its quality decorative painting, warm and bright colors, rhythm and elegant silhouettes extreme.
Interior and exterior frescoes are made at the request of Hetman offspring tree, Coman Dragos Moldovan by master of Iasi in 1541. Interior frescoes are remarkable portrait art: paintings of the narthex and nave votive, which depicts the founder and his family in two instances, the portrait of the Virgin Mary, the Emperor Constantine the Great, etc..
Unfortunately, painting the interior is seriously affected in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, when the building remain homeless. Much of the interior painting however is seen distinctly. Saints and holy halos often in relief and gold sign of opulence characteristic local feudalitatii leaders, even in a period of constant conflict with the Ottoman Empire.
We can not not notice the theme of the church, namely Cavalcade of Emperor Constantine painted spot on the west wall of the narthex, invoking symbolic victory against the gate. Rate This mural painting specific composition of Bucovina.
Painter of the tree, ingenious, added a new south front of Prayer, along with the great prayer of the aisles. Painter placed this prayer right door to make, in a symbolic Panda Siege scenes painted on the left door.
Among the saints painted included John again, and at their head, unique in the iconography of Byzantine emperors Constantine and Elena, consider, as we know, since the fifteenth century, among the great protectors of Moldova.
Exterior painting includes scenes populated by many characters in constant motion. Colors of the painting are harmoniously combined, releasing more heat.
The whole painting exudes an air of sincerity, one of the most secular phenomena of medieval art moldovenesca. Lead author of the painting, Dragos Coman of Iasi, is not a cleric but a representative of the secular world. And here it shows the spontaneity of painting, transparent color, like a watercolor in building silhouettes that sometimes non-canonical gestures and attitudes.