Russian icons
Byzantine religious art
Russian icons are religious paintings produced in the Eastern Orthodox tradition, typically depicting Christ, the Virgin Mary, or saints on wooden panels.
The images follow strict conventions of pose and color, meant to serve as windows to the sacred rather than artistic expression.
Russian icons reached their artistic height in the medieval period but remain central to Orthodox worship and home devotion: The corner of the room held a small Russian icon with a lit candle beneath it.
- temperaEgg-yolk painting method
- halosGlowing circles of light
- venerationProfound admiring respect
- gold leafUltra-thin decorative metal
- restorationReturning something to condition
divine light · Byzantine Empire · liturgy · wood panels · Andrei Rublev · Mother of God · Orthodox Christianity · red corner · prayer · prayer beads · saints · biblical scenes · sacred geometry · gesso · relics · brushwork · medieval art · Virgin Mary
Russian iconsconceptual art
Work valuing notion over form
Impressionism · modern art · abstract expressionism · art for art's sake
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