Vladimir Alexandrovich Plugin (; 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 species; as well as the ...

art historian Art history is the study of artistic works made throughout human history. Among other topics, it studies art’s formal qualities, its impact on societies and cultures, and how artistic styles have changed throughout history. Traditionally, the ...

and

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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 the year 862, ruled by Varangians. In 882, Prin ...

, source criticism, 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, soci ...

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

Old Russian Chronicles The Rus' chronicles, Russian chronicles or Rus' letopis () was the primary Rus' historical literature. Chronicles were composed from the 11th to the 18th centuries, generally written in Old East Slavic (and, later, Ruthenian and Muscovite Russ ...

Russian icons Russian icons represent a form of religious art that developed in Eastern Orthodoxy, Eastern Orthodox Christianity after Kievan Rus' Christianization of Kievan Rus', adopted the faith from the Byzantine Empire, Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire in ...

(specifically

Andrei Rublev Andrei Rublev (, ; ) was a Russian artist considered to be one of the greatest medieval Russian painters of Orthodox Christian icons and frescoes. He is revered as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church, and his feast day is 29 January. Ear ...

's). He penned Rublev's

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titled ''The Master of the Holy Trinity: Andrei Rublev's Works and Days'' (). Plugin studied at the

Moscow State University Moscow State University (MSU), officially M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University,. is a public university, public research university in Moscow, Russia. The university includes 15 research institutes, 43 faculties, more than 300 departments, a ...

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

* ''

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as a Subject in the Old Church Slavonic Social Thought'' (), 1971 * ''The Worldview of

'' (), 1974 * '' Sergius of Radonezh —

Dmitry Donskoy Dmitry Ivanovich Donskoy (; 12 October 1350 – 19 May 1389) was Prince of Moscow from 1359 and Grand Prince of Vladimir from 1363 until his death. He was the heir of Ivan II. He was the first prince of Moscow to openly challenge Mongol ...

— Andrei Rublev'' (), 1989 * ''Alekhan, or a Person with a Scar: A Biography of Alexei Orlov-Chesmensky'' (), 1996 * ''The Master of the Holy Trinity: Andrei Rublev's Works and Days'' (), 2001 * ''The History of Russian and Soviet Art'' (), 1989

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Plugin, Vladimir 1937 births 2003 deaths Soviet art historians Soviet male writers 20th-century Russian male writers Moscow State University alumni Academic staff of Moscow State University Russian art historians