Icon
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In art, the term Icon (from Greek εικων, eikon, "image") commonly refers to religious paintings in Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern-rite Catholic jurisdictions. In churches, icons are commonly displayed on an iconostasis.
In a broader sense, icons are artistic visual representations or symbols of anything considered holy and divine, such as God, saints or deities. An icon could be a painting (including relief painting), sculpture, or mosaic, but usually it is tempera on the wood plank.
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[edit] Iconostasis
- Main gallery: Iconostasis.
 The nave of Holy Trinity Orthodox Cathedral, Chicago, Illinois |
 iconostasis in Bogusza Niżna |
 Moscow Archangel Michael Cathedral interior with iconostasis |
 Royal Doors in iconostasis |
 North door of iconostasis |
[edit] Riza
 Riza of Our Lady of Tikhvin |
 Virgin Mary Three-handed in riza from gold and silver |
 Two elements of riza from silver |
 Riza from Christ of Eliazar icon |
 Icon of Trinity in riza in iconostasis |
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[edit] Types
 Icon for temple used in iconostasis (Virgin Mary) |
 Small icon for home use (Seven sleepers) |
 Two-sided portable icon for Crucession (A. Our Lady of Smolensk. B. Ss. Nicolas, princes Boris and Gleb) |
 Icon with foldable side flaps |
 Folding icon |
[edit] Сondition
 Half of icon was left without clearing to show how drying oil become dark during ages |
 Process of clearing |
 Warped board |
 Loss of the layer of paint |
 Bad edges |
 Dark drying oil and loss of layer of paint |
 Сrack and holes from riza's nails |
[edit] Encaustic icons
 Christ Pantocrator, :encaustic painting on panel, St. Catherine's Monastery, Sinai, 6th-7th century |
 Saint Peter, a 6th-century encaustic icon from Saint Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai |
 Virgin and Child with angels and Sts. George and Theodore. C.600 |
 Thaddeus of the Seventy Disciples, after 994 |
 Icon of Our Lady, VI c. |
[edit] Byzantine icons
 St. George |
 Annunciation. XIII c. |
 Descent from the cross, XIV c. |
 Archangels Michael and Gabriel, XII c. |
 Annunciation from the Church of St Climent in Ohrid, R.o.Macedonia (first quarter of the 14th century). |
 Our Lady of Vladimir, XII c. (ru:Владимирская икона Божией Матери) |
 Gabriel, XIV c. |
 The Ladder of Divine Ascent, XII c. |
 Resurrection of Lazarus, late 14th — early 15th Century. |
 Dead Christ, XII c. |
 Anastasia of Sirmium, XV c. |
 Crucifixion, XII c. |
[edit] Greek icons
 Saint Christopher as cynocephalus |
 Crucifixion by Theophanes the Cretan |
 Our Lady Andronikovskaya |
 Second Coming, c.1700 |
 Saint Charalampus, XVII c. |
[edit] Cretan school
 Our Mother of Perpetual Help, XIII-XIV c. |
 Crucifixion by Emmanuil Lampardos, XVII c. |
 Entombment of Christ by Emmanuel Tzanes Bounialis, XVII c. |
 Saint George and Saint Demetrius by Michael Damaskenos |
 Dormition of Virgin Mary by El Greco (his early period) |
[edit] Russian icons
[edit] Early Russian icons
 Christ Acheiropoietos (Image of Edessa), c.1100. |
 Annunciation of Ustjuzh, 12th century (ru:Устюжское Благовещение). |
 «Golden-Locked Angel» (Archangel Gabriel), 12th century (ru:Ангел Златые власы). |
[edit] XIII century
 Madonna The Belozerskaya |
 Great Panagia from the Saviour Minster in Yaroslavl |
 Ss. Peter and Paul from the Church of Ss. Peter and Paul, Belozersk |
 Savior Zlaty Vlasy |
 Ss. Boris and Gleb |
 Tolgskaya |
[edit] Classical russian icons
[edit] Moscow school
 Angels at Mamre (Holy Trinity) by A.Rublev (ru:Троица (икона Рублёва), c.1420 |
 Transfiguration by Feofan Grek, c.1410. |
 The Savior "Not Made By Hands" by A.Rublev, 1410s. |
 Crucifixion by Dionisius |
 Dormition by Feofan Grek |
 Boris and Gleb astride, mid. XIV c. |
 Good felon, XIV c. |
 Savior Furious Eye mid. XIV c. (ru:Спас Ярое око) |
 St.Paul, XV c. |
 Christ Pantocrator, ca 1500 |
 Virgin of Burning bush, 16 c. |
[edit] Novgorod school
 St. George and the dragon, late XV c. |
 Crucifixion, XIV c. |
 Fiery Furnace, XV c. |
 Saint John Klimak, XIII c. |
 St. Vladimir, Boris and Gleb, XV-XIV c. |
 Sophia the Martyr with three daughters: Faith, Hope and Love |
[edit] Pskov school
 Prophet Elijah, XII c. |
 Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki, XV c. |
 Stt. Paraskeva, Gregory of Nazianzus, John Chrysostom and Basil of Caesarea, XV c. |
 Saint George, XVI c. |
 Luke the Evangelist painting Vladimirskaya icon of Our Lady |
 Elijah's firey ascent into heaven |
 Deisis, first half of the 14th Century. Pskov. From St. Nicholas' church, Pskov, Russian Museum |
[edit] Tver school
 Metropolitan Peter of Moscow, XV c. |
 Icon of virgin Mary |
 Palm Sunday |
[edit] Icons after XVII c.
[edit] Icons of XVII c.
 Saint Christopher |
 Saint Theodore's miracle |
 Saint Mary of Egypt |
 Gabriel by Simon Ushakov |
 Feast of the Cross by Guriy Nikitin |
 Christ Emmanuel by Simon Ushakov |
 Prophet Daniel with lions |
 Mitropolit Aleksii |
 Icon of Lord's Prayer |
 Eleusa by Simon Ushakov |
 Sophia and Faith Hope Charity by Karp Zolotaryov |
[edit] Icons of XVIII c.
 St. Barbara |
 Presentation of Jesus at the Temple |
 Jesus Christ the Pantocrator (Spas v silakh) |
 Michael the Archangel. Iconostasis of Transfiguration church, Kizhi monastery, Karelia, north Russia |
 Mother of God "Znameniye" (The Sign) |
 Fiery furnace, 1776 |
 Women at the grave, Kizhi. |
 The only begotten Son of God |
 Hodegetria by Kirill Ulanov, 1721 |
[edit] Russian icons of XIX c.
 Sergius of Valaam and Herman of Valaam |
 Moses and Burning bush |
 Saint Vasilij of Rjazan |
Seven Sleepers |
 Mitrophan of Voronezh |
 Vision of Peter of Alexandria |
 Council of Seven Holy Archangels |
[edit] Russian icons of XX c.
 Vladimir of Kiev and St.Barbara, 1908-1917 |
 John the Baptist, palekh miniature |
 Holy Trinity with saints, 1915 |
 Feodosius of Chernigov, 1899-1908 |
 Synaxis of the Siberian saints, c. 1918 |
[edit] Ukrainian icons
 Our Lady of Pochaiv (16th century) |
 Our Lady of Balikinska (18–19th century) |
 Savior (18th century) |
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 Icon of Virgin Dehtyarevska (1794) |
[edit] Icons of Poland
 Holy Mother of Ostra Brama |
 Black Madonna of Częstochowa |
 Saint Basil of Caesarea, Saint John Chrysostom, Saint Gregorius I Magnus, XVII c. |
 Crucifiction, XVI c. |
[edit] Icons of Serbia
 Saint Arsenije |
 St. Tryphon of Campsada |
 Saint Anne with child Mary |
[edit] Coptic icons
 St. Bishop Menas with Jesus |
 Archangel |
 St. Paul |
 Dormition of Virgin Mary |
 Saint Mercurius killing Roman Emperor Flavius Claudius Julianus |
 Crucifixion |
