Wender·Vista
Vladimir
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileRussia
east of Moscow on the Klyazma River

Vladimir

— — white stone churches against winter sky.

— Where it lives

Not only on a wall.

A small tile on the nightstand catching the morning. A larger one above the fire. Yours, wherever you spend the slow hours.
— On the nightstand, a 6-inch on a walnut stand
— Among the books, a 6-inch leaning into the spines
— Beside the kettle, a 12-inch propped
— Down a quiet hall, an 18-inch floating off the wall
— Above the fire, the 24-inch in a walnut surround
— a note from the studio

“A medieval Russian city on the Klyazma River, about 200 kilometres east of Moscow along the Golden Ring route. Vladimir Monomakh founded the place in 1108; for a century it served as the capital of Vladimir-Suzdal Rus' before Moscow rose. The white-stone Dormition Cathedral, the Cathedral of Saint Demetrius, and the Golden Gate survived the Mongol sack of 1238 and still stand inside the same medieval grid. from the studio

from the studio
Vladimir
— bring it home

Vladimir, on ceramic.

Each tile is finished by hand in our Knoxville studio. Artwork is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, and rests beneath a thin glossy finish. The colour lives in the surface, not on top of it.

What kind of piece?
One tile — square or rectangle.
How big?
the popular one — counter, shelf, nightstand
6 × 6 in · 15 cm · 1.6 lb
Surface finish
A clear glossy finish — the artwork reads as if under resin. Ideal for show-pieces and framed wall art.
How it sits
A hidden cleat — sits ¼″ proud of the wall.
$58
Hand-finished and shipped from our studio at the foot of the Smokies. On your wall in about ten days.
— size
6 × 6 in
15 cm
— weighs
1.6 lb
solid in the hand
— surface
ceramic, hand-finished
art rests beneath a thin glossy finish
— from
Knoxville, TN
our family studio, at the foot of the Smokies
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— about Vladimir

The place, in three passes.

A little of what's known, in case you fall down the rabbit hole — or want to go see it yourself.
— the place

Vladimir sits on the north bank of the Klyazma River in central European Russia, about 200 kilometres east of Moscow along the historic Golden Ring route. The city was founded in 1108 by Grand Prince Vladimir Monomakh and rose under his great-grandson Andrey Bogolyubsky, who moved the seat of Rus' power here from Kiev in 1157. For roughly a century it served as the political capital of Vladimir-Suzdal Rus'. The modern city holds a population of about 350,000 and remains the administrative seat of Vladimir Oblast.

— informed by Wikipedia
— the stone

Three twelfth-century white limestone monuments survived the Mongol sack of 1238 and the centuries that followed. The Dormition Cathedral, consecrated in 1160 and rebuilt after a fire in 1185, holds frescoes by Andrei Rublev painted in 1408. The smaller Cathedral of Saint Demetrius, finished in 1197, is covered in carved relief: about 600 figures of saints, kings, lions, and griffins cut into its outer walls. The Golden Gate, raised in 1164 under Bogolyubsky, still spans the western approach to the medieval centre.

— the year

The cathedrals stand best in cold light. Snow holds on the carved walls of Saint Demetrius from late November through March, and the white limestone reads almost blue against winter sky. The Golden Ring tour bus from Moscow runs in every season and reaches Vladimir in about three hours; summer brings the most visitors and a small craft market near the Dormition Cathedral. The river floods the lower bank in April. Interior frescoes are visible during scheduled services and short paid tours through the cathedral office.

— informed by UNESCO World Heritage
— where
Russia · Vladimir, Vladimir Oblast
— position
56.1290° N · 40.4070° E
— the neighborhood

What's nearby.

A handful of named places within an hour's walk or short drive. Some we've already painted; some we will.
30 km N
Suzdal
medieval town
10 km E
Bogolyubovo
monastery
1 km S
Klyazma River
river
N
Vladimir
Suzdal
Bogolyubovo
Klyazma River
— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Vladimir — and about bringing the piece home.
— about the place

Grand Prince Vladimir Monomakh founded the city in 1108 on the north bank of the Klyazma River. It became the capital of Vladimir-Suzdal Rus' under Andrey Bogolyubsky in 1157 and held that role for about a century.

Three twelfth-century white-stone monuments: the Dormition Cathedral, the Cathedral of Saint Demetrius, and the Golden Gate. They are inscribed with sites at Suzdal on the UNESCO World Heritage list as the White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal.

Andrei Rublev, the most celebrated medieval Russian icon painter, completed the surviving frescoes inside the Dormition Cathedral in 1408. They include scenes from the Last Judgement across the western wall of the nave.

Express trains from Moscow's Kursky station reach Vladimir in about one hour and forty minutes. The road route along the historic Golden Ring takes roughly three hours by car or tour bus.

A white-stone city gate raised in 1164 under Andrey Bogolyubsky as the western entrance to medieval Vladimir. It served as both a defensive structure and a triumphal arch; its upper chapel houses a small museum today.

— about the piece in your home

Vladimir is one of the central cities of medieval Russia and a fixture on the Golden Ring tour. The Medium or a framed Large carries the recognition for anyone with ties to the Russian north.

The white stone, gold dome, and deep blue palette sit well with European traditional, jewel-tone maximalist, and warm-neutral library interiors. The Medium hangs above a console; the Mural anchors a longer wall.

Yes. The cathedral golds and deep blues read as one of the central jewel-tone pairs in current interiors, and the architectural form holds well against patterned wallpaper or panelled walls.

A single Large covers a console; the four-tile Mural sits well above a standard sofa; the nine-tile Mural fills a wider feature wall above a sectional or a long credenza.

Yes. Order Dura Satin or Matte for wet rooms. Both are scratch-resistant, hold colour cleanly under steam, and clean with microfibre and water.

Yes. Every WenderVista tile is painted in-house by Reid Wender, the curator. The studio does not license art in or out, so what you see on the tile exists nowhere else.

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