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In Russian churches, the nave is typically separated from the sanctuary by an iconostasis (Russian ikonostas, иконостас), or icon-screen, a wall of icons with double doors in the centre. Russians sometimes speak of an icon as having been "written", because in the Russian language (like Greek, but unlike English) the same word ( pisat ...
142 cm × 114 cm (56 in × 45 in) Location. Old Katholikon of the Trinity Lavra, Sergiyev Posad. The Trinity (Russian: Троица, romanized: Troitsa, also called The Hospitality of Abraham) is an icon created by Russian painter Andrei Rublev in the early 15th century. [1] It is his most famous work [2] and the most famous of all Russian ...
The Icon Museum and Study Center is a non-profit art museum (formerly the Museum of Russian Icons) located in Clinton, Massachusetts, United States. The collection includes more than 1,000 Russian icons and related artifacts, making it one of the largest private collections of Russian icons outside of Russia and the largest in North America.
Russian icons are typically paintings on wood, often small, though some in churches and monasteries may be as large as a table top. Many religious homes in Russia have icons hanging on the wall in the krasny ugol, the "red" or "beautiful" corner (see Icon Corner). There is a rich history and elaborate religious symbolism associated with icons.
The Museum of Russian Icons was founded by a Rosgosstrakh manager Mikhail Abramov. It started as a private collection of Byzantine and Old Russian art that obtained the official status of public museum and became member of the IСOM (International Council of Museums). The museum's collection totals about 4,000 works including about 600 icons.
Icons of Novgorod and Belozersk: The Cloud Dormition c. 1200 Monastery of the Tithes, Novgorod: State Tretyakov Gallery: Our Lady of the Sign // Saint Juliana: Zverin Monastery, Novgorod: Pavel Korin's collection at the Tretyakov Gallery: Eleusa of Staraya Russa: Staraya Russa: State Russian Museum: Theotokos of Belozersk c. 1220 Belozersk ...
Dimensions. 59 cm × 57.2 cm (23 in × 22.5 in) Location. Cathedral of St. Sophia, Veliky Novgorod. Znа́meniye (Russian: Зна́мение) or Our Lady of the Sign is an icon in the orans style, dated at the first half of the 12th century. The icon was painted in medieval Novgorod. It is one of the most revered icons of the Russian Orthodox ...
The Angel with Golden Hair. The Angel with Golden Hair (Russian: Ангел Златые Власы, romanized: Angel Zlatye Vlasy), [1] also known as the Archangel Gabriel (Russian: Архангел Гавриил), [2] is a tempera icon by an unknown Russian artist, painted in the second half of the 12th century. It is displayed in the ...