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The Timeless Beauty of Russian Icons
Icon painting has reached its zenith in Ukraine between the 11th and 18th centuries. This art is appealing because of its great openness to other influences – the obedience to the rules of Orthodox Christianity in its early stages, the borrowing from Roman heritage or later to the Western breakthroughs – combined with a never compromised assertion of a distinctly Slavic soul and identity.
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The Ukrainian Icon: Artistic Journeys of Faith and Cultural Identity
Despite the strict stylistic considerations imposed by the genre, Ukrainian icons display a striking range and variety of backgrounds and contexts. The author has been awarded the Ukrainian Medal of Arts, the Order of Princess Olga.
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让他们享受冰淇淋吧!
十七世纪注定是个忙忙碌碌的时代,世界充满了领土冲突、英国在美国的殖民、日本的闭关锁国和中国明朝的没落……我还可以列举数不胜数的事例,但是我并不打算这样做。更为重要的,尽管很多艺术家已经开始扩大主题,更加孤芳自赏,这个世界仍然主要关注宗教艺术,就看你的了,伦勃朗和你的自画像! 那么,你是否知道十七世纪还有什么吗?冰淇淋。你(也许)是第一次听说此事吧!尽管在此之前有很多波斯、中国和意大利的版本,但因为缺乏合适的食谱,冰淇淋直到1674年才出现在法国。 你是否和我想的一样呢?确实,冰淇淋的发明使得人们更加深信上帝和耶稣——还有谁能够激发这样冰爽、奶油和美味的创造呢?也有可能是当时的艺术家们欣喜若狂,他们没有其他的方式来表达他们的赞美之情,只能将其绘画在当时离天堂最近的地方——天花板上。 想要欣赏更多的宗教作品,请点击这本优美详尽的电子书《艺术中的基督(厄内斯特•勒南 )》(Christ in Art by Ernest Renan)。









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