ID: 700008419 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008419	Record Type: Built Work
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Saint Basil's Cathedral (cathedral (building); Ivan IV (Russian ruler and patron, 1530-1584), Postnik Yakov...; 1554-1560)

Note: The Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed, commonly known as Saint Basil's Cathedral, is a church in Red Square in Moscow, Russia. The building, now a museum, was built Ivan the Terrible from 1555–61 commemorating the capture of Kazan and Astrakhan. It comprises eight side churches arranged around the ninth, central church of Intercession. The tenth church was erected in 1588 over the grave of venerated local saint Vasily (Basil). The church was designed by two Russian architects, Posnik and Barma, who may have been one person, but according to legend, however, it was the masterpiece of an Italian architect who was blinded by Ivan the Terrible so that he could never create anything as magnificent or similar. The church was confiscated from the Russian Orthodox community as part of the Soviet Union's anti-theist campaigns and has operated as a division of the State Historical Museum since 1928, becoming totally secularized in 1929. The church has been part of the Moscow Kremlin and Red Square UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1990. The buiding is a universally recognized structure distinctive with its large onion domes and bright rainbow-like colors.

Titles:

Saint Basil's Cathedral (preferred,C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Saint Basil the Blessed (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Собор Василия Блаженного (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Pokrovsky Cathedral (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Pokrovsky Sobor (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Svyatoy Vasily Blazhenny (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Cathedral of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin on the Moat (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Собор Покрова пресвятой Богородицы, что на Рву (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

cathedral (work by context) [300007501] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, ceremonial structures, religious structures, religious buildings, churches (buildings), <church buildings by location or context>)

museum (building) [300005768]

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, exhibition buildings)

Classifications:

Russian art (preferred)

Creation Date: 1554-1560

Creator Display:

Ivan IV (Russian ruler and patron, 1530-1584), Postnik Yakovlev (Russian architect, active ca. 1550-1562); Barma (Russian architect, active 1555-1560) [preferred,VP]

architect Barma (Russian architect, active 1555-1560) [500108776]

architect Yakovlev, Postnik (Russian architect, active ca. 1550-1562) [500099968]

Locations:

Moskva [7018215] Russia (nation), Asia (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: wood, stone, and brick

	wood (plant material) [300011914]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material, <wood and wood by product>)

	stone (worked rock) [300011176]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), <rock by form>)

	brick (clay material) [300010463]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, clay, <clay by product>)

Dimensions: 47.5 meters high

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,isness)

Specific Subjects:

	cathedral (work by context) [300007501]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, ceremonial structures, religious structures, religious buildings, churches (buildings), <church buildings by location or context>) (AAT)

	domes, onion [300001285]
	.....(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, architectural elements, <structural elements and components for structural elements>, structural elements, enclosing structural elements, <domes and dome components>, domes (architectural elements)) (AAT)

	World Heritage Site [300263063]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Built Complexes and Districts (hierarchy name), complexes (buildings and sites), <complexes by function>, sites (locations)) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Built Works

.......... Built Works by class: religious, ceremonial, and funerary structures

Sources and Contributors:
Saint Basil's Cathedral	........ [VP]
	........ UNESCO, Guide to World Heritage Sites (2009) accessed 13 May 2014
Saint Basil the Blessed	........ [VP]
	........ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Saint Basil the Blessed," accessed 13 May 2014
Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed	........ [VP]
	........ Moscow Patriarchy (2005-2014) accessed 13 May 2013
Собор Василия Блаженного	........ [VP]
	........ Moscow Patriarchy (2005-2014) accessed 13 May 2013
Pokrovsky Cathedral	........ [VP]
	........ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Saint Basil the Blessed," accessed 13 May 2014
Pokrovsky Sobor	........ [VP]
	........ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Saint Basil the Blessed," accessed 13 May 2014
Svyatoy Vasily Blazhenny	........ [VP]
	........ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Saint Basil the Blessed," accessed 13 May 2014
Cathedral of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin on the Moat	........ [VP]
	........ Fletcher, History of Architecture (1996) 604
Собор Покрова пресвятой Богородицы, что на Рву	........ [VP]
	........ Moscow Patriarchy (2005-2014) accessed 13 May 2013

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... UNESCO, Guide to World Heritage Sites (2009) accessed 13 May 2014

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... UNESCO, Guide to World Heritage Sites (2009) "Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow," accessed 18 April 2017