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.

The Iconostasis 17th/18th cent, Historic Museum in Sanok, Poland

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Iconostasis

Galerie principale: Iconostasis.

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  The nave of Holy Trinity Orthodox Cathedral, Chicago, Illinois
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  iconostasis in Bogusza Niżna
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  Moscow Archangel Michael Cathedral interior with iconostasis
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  Royal Doors in iconostasis
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  North door of iconostasis

Riza

Catégorie principale: Riza

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  Our Lady of Tikhvin in riza
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  Our Lady of Tikhvin's riza
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  Our Lady of Tikhvin without riza
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  Cheap slapdash Marian icon made right for riza, but without riza
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  Icons and its rizas
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  Two additional elements of riza from silver: venets (crown) and tsata (necklace)
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  Riza with added venets and tsata

Types

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  Icon for temple used in iconostasis (Virgin Mary)
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  Small icon for home use (Seven sleepers)
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  Two-sided portable icon for Crucession (A. Our Lady of Smolensk. B. Ss. Nicolas, princes Boris and Gleb)
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  Icon with foldable side flaps
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  Folding icon
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  Shelf

Сondition

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  Half of icon was left without clearing to show how drying oil become dark during ages
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  Various layers of paint are keept (note the gold field, right, and the green that was under)
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  Process of clearing
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  Warped board
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  Loss of the layer of paint
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  Bad edges
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  Dark drying oil and loss of layer of paint
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  Сrack and holes from riza's nails

Encaustic icons

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  Christ Pantocrator, :encaustic painting on panel, St. Catherine's Monastery, Sinai, 6th-7th century
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  Saint Peter, a 6th-century encaustic icon from Saint Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai
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  Virgin and Child with angels and Sts. George and Theodore. C.600
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  Thaddeus of the Seventy Disciples, after 994
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  Icon of Our Lady, VI c.

Byzantine icons

Catégorie principale: Byzantine icons

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  St. George
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  Annunciation. XIII c.
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  Descent from the cross, XIV c.
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  Archangels Michael and Gabriel, XII c.
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  Annunciation from the Church of St Climent in Ohrid, R.o.Macedonia (first quarter of the 14th century).
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  Our Lady of Vladimir, XII c. (ru:Владимирская икона Божией Матери)
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  Gabriel, XIV c.
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  The Ladder of Divine Ascent, XII c.
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  Resurrection of Lazarus, late 14th — early 15th Century.
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  Dead Christ, XII c.
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  Anastasia of Sirmium, XV c.
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  Crucifixion, XII c.

Bulgarian icons

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  God's Mother of Don; Bulgaria, 18th/19th century

Greek icons

Catégorie principale: Icons of Greece

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  Saint Christopher as cynocephalus
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  Crucifixion by Theophanes the Cretan
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  Our Lady Andronikovskaya
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  Second Coming, c.1700
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  Saint Charalampus, XVII c.

Cretan school

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  Our Mother of Perpetual Help, XIII-XIV c.
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  Crucifixion by Emmanuil Lampardos, XVII c.
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  Entombment of Christ by Emmanuel Tzanes Bounialis, XVII c.
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  Saint George and Saint Demetrius by Michael Damaskenos
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  Dormition of Virgin Mary by El Greco (his early period)

Russian icons

Catégorie principale: Icons of Russia

Early Russian icons

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  Christ Acheiropoietos (Image of Edessa), c.1100.
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  Annunciation of Ustjuzh, 12th century (ru:Устюжское Благовещение).
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  «Golden-Locked Angel» (Archangel Gabriel), 12th century (ru:Ангел Златые власы).

XIII century

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  Madonna The Belozerskaya
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  Great Panagia from the Saviour Minster in Yaroslavl
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  Ss. Peter and Paul from the Church of Ss. Peter and Paul, Belozersk
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  Savior Zlaty Vlasy
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  Ss. Boris and Gleb
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  Tolgskaya

Classical russian icons

Moscow school

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  Angels at Mamre (Holy Trinity) by A.Rublev (ru:Троица (икона Рублёва), c.1420
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  Transfiguration by Feofan Grek, c.1410.
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  The Savior "Not Made By Hands" by A.Rublev, 1410s.
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  Crucifixion by Dionisius
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  Dormition by Feofan Grek
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  Boris and Gleb astride, mid. XIV c.
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  Good felon, XIV c.
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  Savior Furious Eye mid. XIV c. (ru:Спас Ярое око)
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  St.Paul, XV c.
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  Christ Pantocrator, ca 1500
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  Virgin of Burning bush, 16 c.

Novgorod school

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  St. George and the dragon, late XV c.
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  Crucifixion, XIV c.
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  Fiery Furnace, XV c.
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  Saint John Klimak, XIII c.
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  St. Vladimir, Boris and Gleb, XV-XIV c.
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  Sophia the Martyr with three daughters: Faith, Hope and Love

Pskov school

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  Prophet Elijah, XII c.
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  Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki, XV c.
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  Stt. Paraskeva, Gregory of Nazianzus, John Chrysostom and Basil of Caesarea, XV c.
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  Saint George, XVI c.
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  Luke the Evangelist painting Vladimirskaya icon of Our Lady
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  Elijah's firey ascent into heaven
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  Deisis, first half of the 14th Century. Pskov. From St. Nicholas' church, Pskov, Russian Museum

Tver school

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  Metropolitan Peter of Moscow, XV c.
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  Icon of virgin Mary
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  Palm Sunday

Icons after XVII c.

Icons of XVII c.

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  Saint Christopher
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  Saint Theodore's miracle
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  Saint Mary of Egypt
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  Gabriel by Simon Ushakov
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  Feast of the Cross by Guriy Nikitin
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  Christ Emmanuel by Simon Ushakov
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  Prophet Daniel with lions
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  Mitropolit Aleksii
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  Icon of Lord's Prayer
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  Eleusa by Simon Ushakov
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  Sophia and Faith Hope Charity by Karp Zolotaryov

Icons of XVIII c.

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  St. Barbara
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  Presentation of Jesus at the Temple
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  Jesus Christ the Pantocrator (Spas v silakh)
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  Michael the Archangel. Iconostasis of Transfiguration church, Kizhi monastery, Karelia, north Russia
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  Mother of God "Znameniye" (The Sign)
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  Fiery furnace, 1776
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  Women at the grave, Kizhi.
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  The only begotten Son of God
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  Hodegetria by Kirill Ulanov, 1721
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  Hodegetria of Smolensk, Central Russia, 18th century
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  Hodegetria of Kazan, Russia, 18th century
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  Archangel Michael — the Commander of the Fearsome Host. 1718.

Russian icons of XIX c.

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  Sergius of Valaam and Herman of Valaam
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  Moses and Burning bush
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  Saint Vasilij of Rjazan
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  Seven Sleepers
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  Mitrophan of Voronezh
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  Vision of Peter of Alexandria
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  Council of Seven Holy Archangels

Russian icons of XX c.

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  Vladimir of Kiev and St.Barbara, 1908-1917
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  John the Baptist, palekh miniature
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  Holy Trinity with saints, 1915
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  Feodosius of Chernigov, 1899-1908
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  Synaxis of the Siberian saints, c. 1918

Ukrainian icons

Catégorie principale: Icons of Ukraine

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  Our Lady of Pochaiv (16th century)
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  Our Lady of Balikinska (18–19th century)
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  Savior (18th century)
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  Unknown saint and scenes from her life
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  Icon of Virgin Dehtyarevska (1794)

Icons of Poland

Catégorie principale: Icons of Poland

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  Holy Mother of Ostra Brama
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  Black Madonna of Częstochowa
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  Saint Basil of Caesarea, Saint John Chrysostom, Saint Gregorius I Magnus, XVII c.
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  Crucifiction, XVI c.

Icons of Serbia

Catégorie principale: Icons of Serbia

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  Saint Arsenije
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  St. Tryphon of Campsada
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  Saint Anne with child Mary

Coptic icons

Catégorie principale: Coptic icons

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  St. Bishop Menas with Jesus
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  Archangel
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  St. Paul
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  Dormition of Virgin Mary
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  Saint Mercurius killing Roman Emperor Flavius Claudius Julianus
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  Crucifixion