Icon Painting

聖像画

Dictionary entry

  1. Russian Icon 10th–17th century / continuing / Style

    The icon tradition inherited from Byzantium: reverse perspective, gold grounds and stylized bodies serving not as pictures to view but as windows for prayer — Rublev's Trinity its spiritual summit.

  2. Ethiopian Icon 14th century– / Style

    The sacred painting of Ethiopian Orthodoxy: large almond eyes, bold outlines and vivid flat color — the Byzantine inheritance rewritten by African form.

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