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ロシア・イコン / 10th–17th century / continuing / Style / Icon Painting

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.

The timelessness of gold ground / Reverse perspective / Stylized bodies / The image as object of prayer

Russian Icon — ルブリョフ『至聖三者』1425頃Russian Icon — トレチャコフ美術館のイコンの間（CC BY-SA 4.0）
トレチャコフ美術館のイコンの間（CC BY-SA 4.0）

Dictionary entry

Best used for
Comparing primary sources and canonical works · Extracting principles that transfer to other media
Type
Observe the letters, signs and scale of reference works
Composition
Extract the one structure that governs gaze and information
Material
Verify the materials and behaviors specific to era, region and process
Caution
Don't reduce it to surface signs. Verify the context of era, region, technology and makers.
Further study
Andrei Rublev / the thought behind reverse perspective / the avant-garde's rediscovery

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