Sergiyev Posad

This is a photograph I took in 1994 on the outskirts of Sergiev Posad (near Moscow). I painted a print of the photo with watercolor pencils. An image... more

by Sarah Loft

Title

Sergiyev Posad

Artist

Sarah Loft

Medium

Photograph - Mixed Media: Painted Photo Digitally Processed

Description

This is a photograph I took in 1994 on the outskirts of Sergiev Posad (near Moscow). I painted a print of the photo with watercolor pencils. An image of the painted photo was further digitally modified and given digital texture.

Per Wikipedia: Sergiyev Posad is a city and the administrative center of Sergiyevo-Posadsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia. Population: 111,179 (2010 Census); 113,581 (2002 Census); 114,696 (1989 Census).

Sergiyev Posad grew in the 15th century around one of the greatest of Russian monasteries, the Trinity Lavra established by St. Sergius of Radonezh, still (as of 2015) one of the largest monasteries in Russia. Town status was granted to Sergiyev Posad in 1742. The town's name, alluding to St. Sergius, has strong religious connotations. Soviet authorities changed it first to just Sergiyev in 1919, and then to Zagorsk in 1930, in memory of the revolutionary Vladimir Mikhailovich Zagorsky.

The original name was restored in 1991.

Note: The watermark will not appear on the print you purchase.

Featured in the Artists Best Five group, September 2014.

Uploaded

February 12th, 2011