Joseph Vladimirov (? - ?) was a Russia

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n painter

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 of the 17th century from Yaroslavl

Yaroslavl

Yaroslavl is a city and the administrative center of Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, located northeast of Moscow. The historical part of the city, a World Heritage Site, is located at the confluence of the Volga and the Kotorosl Rivers. It is one of the Golden Ring cities, a group of historic cities...

. It is known that he was the one to paint icon

Icon

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s for the Kremlin Armoury

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. Also, Joseph Vladimirov took part in painting the walls of the Cathedral of the Dormition

Cathedral of the Dormition

The Cathedral of the Dormition is a Russian Orthodox church dedicated to the Dormition of the Theotokos. It is located on the north side of Cathedral Square of the Moscow Kremlin in Russia, where a narrow alley separates the north from the Patriarch's Palace with the Twelve Apostles Church....

 (1642–1644), Cathedral of the Archangel

Cathedral of the Archangel

The Cathedral of the Archangel is a Russian Orthodox church dedicated to the Archangel Michael. It is located in Cathedral Square of the Moscow Kremlin in Russia between the Great Kremlin Palace and the Ivan the Great Bell Tower. It was the main necropolis for members of the Tsars of Russia until...

 (from 1652), Trinity Church in Nikitniki (1652–1653) in Moscow

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, and Cathedral of the Dormition in Rostov

Rostov

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 (1659). Joseph Vladimirov authored a treatise (addressed to Simon Ushakov

Simon Ushakov

Simon Fyodorovich Ushakov was a leading Russian graphic artist of the late 17th-century. Together with Fyodor Zubov and Fyodor Rozhnov, he is associated with the comprehensive reform of the Russian Orthodox Church undertaken by Patriarch Nikon.-Biography:We know almost nothing about the early...

), where he advocated the use of chiaroscuro

Chiaroscuro

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 in icon painting. He believed that this method would bring art closer to nature.