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Dekor content as an Orthodox tradition, the 18th and 19th centuries have been ignored and forgotten the religious consciousness, even something as decadent abandon. The reason there are basically three: First, from the outside, the preservation of ancient icons are dusty, dark face, do not see the true colors of the United States (because they do not pay attention to save the holy relics protection and not good): two from the content, people only see the icons included in the spirit of asceticism, if not see the joy: Three is the 18th-century Russia to accept the West after the Renaissance art of realism.

However, in the Russian "religious philosophy renaissance" in the context of the early 20th century, some Russian theologians and philosophers began to focus on the phenomenon as a spiritual icon, to rethink the traditional icon reveals the ideological content of religious icons. Icon theology and philosophy in Russia has been an unprecedented development.


Icon of suffering and asceticism. Troubetzkoy noted that the ancient Russian icon has long been regarded as merely a manifestation of asceticism content. People do not understand, Dekor There is also a most essential and most important thing - he was very happy to convey to the world. There is no doubt, it contains two aspects Orthodox thinking closely linked in close Dekor - the pain and idealistic asceticism happiness. This two are the two essential themes icon.

However, such diametrically opposed things - the largest and highest happiness is painful how together in icon, this mystery of what binds? Her color speculative article is an attempt to study and solve this problem.

The basic tendency of ancient Russian icons asceticism. 17th century representative of the old school etiquette Ava Qom clearly point this out. She pointed out that when the artist painted the image of the Savior like Emanuel, her face is swollen lips are red, curly hair, hands are obese. This painting is the enemy Nikon premeditated and support, as if painted portraits of the living. However, the outstanding icon painter of ancient painting is not the case, they have painted saint's face and hands, because of fasting, labor and painful but thin.

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