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An icon is a religious work of art, most commonly a painting, in the cultures of the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Catholic, and Lutheran churches. The most common subjects include Jesus, Mary, saints, and angels. Although especially associated with portrait style images concentrating on one or two main figures, the term also covers most of the…

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History

Acheiropoieta

Stylistic developments

Symbolism

Palladium and miracles

Eastern Orthodox teaching

Icon painting tradition by region

Western Christianity

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related to External links · 55
Icon → Americaiconiq, Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese, Archangel Books, Archived, Art, Athos, Bob Atchison, Byzantine, Byzantium, Christ, Church, Color, Concerning, Contemporary Orthodox Byzantine Style, Deësis, Difference, Discourse, Elias Damianakis, Explanation, February
related to Eastern Orthodox teaching · 31
Icon → Accounts, Christ, Christendom, Christianity, Church, Church Tradition, Council, Eastern Orthodoxy, Ecumenical Councils, God, Him, His, Icon-Made-Without-Hands, Icons, In, Incarnation, Logos, Léonid Ouspensky, Mary, Most-Holy Theotokos
related to Ukraine · 29
Icon → Among, By, Byzantine, Carpathians, Central, Cossack, Cossack Hetmanate, During, Eastern Ukraine, Galicia-Volhynia, Galician, In, Influence, Ivan Rutkovych, Kievan Rus, Kyivan, Lviv, Mykhailo Boychuk, Orthodox, Prešov
related to Luke's portrait of Mary · 24
Icon → Apostle Luke, Arcadius, Baldwin II, Christ, Church, Constantinople, Eudokia, God, History, Hodegetria, It, Jerusalem, Latin Emperor, Luke, Margherita Guarducci, Mary, Mother, Palestine, Pulcheria, She
related to Russia · 21
Icon → AD, Andrei Rublev, As, Byzantine, Catholic Europe, Constantinople, Dionisius, Eastern Roman, Empire, In Russian, Kievan Rus, Many, Orthodox Christianity, Protestant, Russia, Russian, Russians, Simon Ushakov's, The, There
related to Symbolism · 21
Icon → Almost, Angels, Archangels, Baptist, Blue, Christ, Colour, Eastern Orthodoxy, Even, Figures, God, Gold, Heaven, In, Jesus, John, Letters, Mary, Medieval West, Most
related to Crete · 20
Icon → Byzantine, Catholics, Cretan, Crete, Eastern Orthodox, El Greco, For, From, Greek, Guild, Heraklion, In, Photis Kontoglou, Saint Luke, San Luca, Scuola, Turks, Venetian, Venice, Western
related to Stylistic developments · 19
Icon → Although, As, Augustine, Christ, Egypt, Fayyum, Gradually, Greek Orthodox Saint Catherine's, Hippo, Holy Land, However, It, Jesus, Mary, Monastery, Rome, The, They, When
related to Further reading · 18
Icon → Art, Byzantium, Cawthorne, Culture, Evans, Faith, Hamlyn, Helen, ISBN, Metropolitan Museum, Middle Byzantine Era, New York, Nigel, Power, The Art, The Glory, William, Wixom
related to Iconoclast period · 14
Icon → Byzantine Imperial, Christianity, Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, Further, Islam, Jews, Judaism, Muslims, Nonetheless, The, There, Though, Whenever

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icons images century image orthodox art church also eastern veneration tradition jesus christ religious christian painting god painted byzantine christianity

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Iconis areligious work of art0.90text
that of the miraculousinstance ofThus accounts0.80text
those of Chora Churchinstance ofPalaiologan art reached its pinnacle in mosaics0.80text
Photis Kontoglouinstance ofwith a revival attempted in the 20th century by art reformers0.80text
who emphasized a return to earlier styles.RussiaRussian icons are typically paintings on woodinstance ofwith a revival attempted in the 20th century by art reformers0.80text
often smallinstance ofwith a revival attempted in the 20th century by art reformers0.80text
though some in churchesinstance ofwith a revival attempted in the 20th century by art reformers0.80text
monasteries may be as large as a table topinstance ofwith a revival attempted in the 20th century by art reformers0.80text
hetmansinstance ofbut also civic rulers0.80text
as well as members of their familiesinstance ofbut also civic rulers0.80text
who emphasized a return to earlier stylesinstance ofwith a revival attempted in the 20th century by art reformers0.80text
Iconrelated to AcheiropoietaThe0.60section

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