Once upon a time John of Kronstadt said that children and flowers - are the remains of a paradise on earth. They preserved the innocence and beauty of the divine. In March 2009, the Tretyakov Gallery is planning an exhibition «Flowers. Remains of the paradise on earth ». Opens it will be an icon of the Old Testament story. Currently it is in the restoration shop. The history of the disappearance of the paradise depicted in the stamps of the icon. The first - Paradise in all its glory. In the next - the expulsion of Adam and Eve from Eden. A complete all Stage Cain murder his brother Abel. It seems that the icon wrote naive artist. This is a rare, colorful and unusual ride. The last stamp of the flowers almost disappear. But clearly depicts stones - murder weapon. It depicts the artist in a white circle and shows the trajectory of their flight. Over time, this icon in the loss of ground and paint layer. This is despite the fact that she once had restored and then were paraffin paste.

Antonin Sobarshova, restorer: «On paraffin boxes have been delivered later images. And remove them already could not. You had a certain way, as it is clear that the icon looked not dusty, which is unacceptable ».

The study is taking place with the famous icon of Theophanes the Greek «Transfiguration», created in 1403. «Transfiguration» Theophanes the Greek went to the Tretyakov Gallery in the 1930's of XX century of the Savior Transfiguration Cathedral, the main temple of Pereslavl. Immediately afterwards, he was in the hands of restorers. We see that one of the corners of the icon looks a bit brighter, here was a test clearance. But this time everything was over - the treatment of the masterpiece has been very time consuming. Now the icon is still a restoration. While specialists are waiting for solutions expert council: in any case, it is necessary to act very cautiously, because the icons of Theophanes the Greek unit survived.

Source: tvkultura.ru