The icon "The Resurrection of Christ" rightfully belongs to the masterpieces of icon painting. Therefore, it is not surprising that the lot sold caught the attention of Violiti users.
The icon "The Resurrection of Christ" is distinguished by the depth of its spiritual content and the perfection of artistic forms. Its plot, despite its complexity and multi-component nature, is clear. The composition unites important semantic elements of the icon-painting masterpiece.
On icons of this type, there are two types of images.
According to the ancient canonical Orthodox iconography, it is not the sacrament of resurrection itself that is transmitted, but the descent of the Lord into hell. Until the end of the 16th century, this was almost the only iconographic solution in Russian icon painting.
The second type of icon painting represented the image of the resurrection, where the Savior appeared to ascend from an open tomb or emerge from a burial cave. A guard was depicted nearby, standing or running. Sometimes in the hands of the Lord there was a banner with a red cross.
However, the first version more accurately conveyed the meaning of the holiday of the Resurrection of Christ. In the center was Jesus on the destroyed doors of the gates of hell. Sometimes his image was supplemented with broken keys and locks. Christ was surrounded by the righteous, prophets and kings.
It is believed that the whole complexity of the iconography of such icons was to show Christ not only as the Resurrected, but also as the Resurrector. It happens that the aforementioned types of images overlap in one icon.
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