Influence of Orthodox monastic culture on the formation and development of icon painting Cover Image

Вплив православної монастирської культури на становлення й розвиток іконопису
Influence of Orthodox monastic culture on the formation and development of icon painting

Author(s): Olga Olegivna Smolina
Subject(s): Visual Arts, Eastern Orthodoxy
Published by: Національна академія керівних кадрів культури і мистецтв
Keywords: monastic culture; icon painting; artistic language; style; the influence;

Summary/Abstract: In several aspects – the genesis, style, symbolism, artistic language – we can talk about the leading role of the Orthodox monastery culture in the development of icon painting. It is the monastic culture gave to the icon the specifics which makes it a prayer.