Vladimir Alexandrovich Plugin (russian: Владимир Александрович Плугин; 30 July 1937 – 6 December 2003) was a Russian

historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the st ...

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art historian Art history is the study of aesthetic objects and visual expression in historical and stylistic context. Traditionally, the discipline of art history emphasized painting, drawing, sculpture, architecture, ceramics and decorative arts; yet today, ...

, a

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. He worked in the fields of the

history of Russia The history of Russia begins with the histories of the East Slavs. The traditional start-date of specifically Russian history is the establishment of the Rus' people, Rus' state in the north in 862, ruled by Varangians. Staraya Ladoga and Veli ...

source criticism Source criticism (or information evaluation) is the process of evaluating an information source, i.e.: a document, a person, a speech, a fingerprint, a photo, an observation, or anything used in order to obtain knowledge. In relation to a given p ...

, art history, social and

political history Political history is the narrative and survey of political events, ideas, movements, organs of government, voters, parties and leaders. It is closely related to other fields of history, including diplomatic history, constitutional history, social ...

, war history, history of the army and navy. He specialized in Old Russian Chronicles,

Russian icons The use and making of icons entered Ancient Rus' following its conversion to Orthodox Christianity in AD 988. As a general rule, these icons strictly followed models and formulas hallowed by Byzantine art, led from the capital in Constantinople. ...

(specifically

Andrei Rublev Andrei Rublev ( rus, Андре́й Рублёв, p=ɐnˈdrʲej rʊˈblʲɵf , also transliterated as ''Andrey Rublyov'') was a Muscovite icon painter born in the 1360s who died between 1427 and 1430 in Moscow. He is considered to be one of th ...

's). He penned Rublev's

biography A biography, or simply bio, is a detailed description of a person's life. It involves more than just the basic facts like education, work, relationships, and death; it portrays a person's experience of these life events. Unlike a profile or c ...

titled ''The Master of the Holy Trinity: Andrei Rublev's Works and Days'' (russian: Мастер Святой Троицы: Труды и дни Андрея Рублева). Plugin studied at the

Moscow State University M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU; russian: Московский государственный университет имени М. В. Ломоносова) is a public research university in Moscow, Russia and the most prestigious ...

and graduated from the Faculty of History, where he studied under Viktor Lazarev and Mikhail Belyavsky. He taught at the Moscow State University since 1968.

Works

The History of Russian and Soviet Art by Vladimir Plugin

* ''

Eschatology Eschatology (; ) concerns expectations of the end of the present age, human history, or of the world itself. The end of the world or end times is predicted by several world religions (both Abrahamic and non-Abrahamic), which teach that nega ...

as a Subject in the Old Church Slavonic Social Thought'' (russian: Эсхатологическая тема в древнерусской общественной мысли), 1971 * ''The Worldview of

'' (russian: Мировоззрение Андрея Рублёва), 1974 * ''

Sergius of Radonezh Sergius of Radonezh (russian: Се́ргий Ра́донежский, ''Sergii Radonezhsky''; 14 May 1314 – 25 September 1392), also known as Sergiy Radonezhsky, Serge of Radonezh and Sergius of Moscow, was a spiritual leader and monastic re ...

—

Dmitry Donskoy Saint Dmitry Ivanovich Donskoy ( rus, Дми́трий Ива́нович Донско́й, Dmítriy Ivanovich Donskóy, also known as Dimitrii or Demetrius), or Dmitry of the Don, sometimes referred to simply as Dmitry (12 October 1350 – 1 ...

— Andrei Rublev'' (russian: Сергий Радонежский — Дмитрий Донской — Андрей Рублёв), 1989 * ''Alekhan, or a Person with a Scar: A Biography of Alexei Orlov-Chesmensky'' (russian: Алехан, или Человек со шрамом: Жизнеописание графа Алексея Орлова-Чесменского), 1996 * ''The Master of the Holy Trinity: Andrei Rublev's Works and Days'' (russian: Мастер Святой Троицы: Труды и дни Андрея Рублева), 2001 * ''The History of Russian and Soviet Art'' (russian: История русского и советского искусства), 1989

References

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