Painted icons
An icon – is a painted prayer in the Orthodoxy. Its content is not a historical epoch or wealth of spiritual life of a person but unity of a man and God. Invariable in its spiritual meaning, an orthodox icon has been transformed according to a new perception of beauty. In XVIII century a new painting view appeared in the Orthodox Church culture of icon-painting and murals. Icons became more realistic, images of the Saints more gentle and nice-looking, motion lines smoother.
“Both kinds of Church art are acceptable for expressing Christian truths in the Orthodoxy on basis of a phenomenon of miracles in both kinds of church icon-painting.” - Materials of pre-conciliar conference. The Journal of the Moscow patriarchate, 1961, №1
“ An icon not even could but should be new / as we distinguish icons of different epochs … / … But the new icon should express the same truth…” Uspenskiy L.A. “The Orthodox Church Icons”
“Both kinds of Church art are acceptable for expressing Christian truths in the Orthodoxy on basis of a phenomenon of miracles in both kinds of church icon-painting.” - Materials of pre-conciliar conference. The Journal of the Moscow patriarchate, 1961, №1
“ An icon not even could but should be new / as we distinguish icons of different epochs … / … But the new icon should express the same truth…” Uspenskiy L.A. “The Orthodox Church Icons”