Troyan Monastery
Troyan Monastery
The Troyan Monastery, is known above all for the creative work of Zahari Zograph who painted both the exterior and the interior (a rare practice for the time) of the main church built in 1835, 7 km from the town of Troyan.
It is a fine example of the impact of the popular conception of the world and the influence of housing architecture on religious construction.
The Troyan Monastery, is known above all for the creative work of Zahari Zograph who painted both the exterior and the interior (a rare practice for the time) of the main church built in 1835,7 km from the town of Troyan.
The Troyan Monastery, is known above all for the creative work of Zahari Zograph who painted both the exterior and the interior (a rare practice for the time) of the main church built in 1835,7 km from the town of Troyan.
It is a fine example of the impact of the popular conception of the world and the influence of housing architecture on religious construction.
Here, Zahari Zograph repeated the social and moral in religious painting (the compositions Doomsday and the Wheel of Life), left his second self-portrait signed with amazing self confidence in spite of the Ottoman bondage, and painted the figures of Bulgarian and Russian saints.
Besides, he painted a completely secular group portrait of the monastic brotherhood in the refectory - something highly unusual for the time.
