icon
Let an agent explain icons and their theology and art, relay history, technique, types and veneration from art history and religious studies sources with attribution and respect, describe the objects the registry aliases name, and distinguish icons from other religious paintings, from the computing icon and from misfiled aliases.
Research draft, second pass
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Researched by: Claude
Purpose and description
Let an agent explain icons and their theology and art, relay history, technique, types and veneration from art history and religious studies sources with attribution and respect, describe the objects the registry aliases name, and distinguish icons from other religious paintings, from the computing icon and from misfiled aliases.
A religious image, usually a painting on wood panel, venerated in Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Christianity as a window to the sacred, depicting Christ, the Mother of God, saints and feasts in conventional forms, including named types such as the Jerusalem Icon of the Mother of God and images of the Holy Face of Jesus, and related liturgical objects such as the Epitaphios cloth of the burial of Christ; the registry aliases feretory, Spiritual labyrinth and Alasa Kanya name other objects and appear misfiled.
What it is for: Religious veneration and teaching.
It can be explain the art and theology; relay history and technique; describe types; distinguish related senses.
Distinguishing features
Venerated image
Conventional forms
Tempera on panel
Theological status
What it looks like
A painted wooden panel with gold ground and stylised sacred figures.
Physical character
technique: egg tempera on gessoed wood note - traditional
Iconoclasm: 726-843 period - Byzantine
Second Council of Nicaea: 787 year - affirmed veneration
oldest surviving: 6th century note - Saint Catherine s Monastery
How it is recognised
Venerated sacred image of Eastern Christianity
Jerusalem Icon of the Mother of God, Holy Face of Jesus, Epitaphios; feretory, Spiritual labyrinth and Alasa Kanya as misfiled
Western religious paintings are not venerated in the same way; computing icons are symbols; a feretory is a reliquary shrine
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is venerated in - and other Eastern churches
was defended by - against iconoclasm
is distinct from - a reliquary shrine named as an alias
In practice
Families and kinds
icons of Christ including the Holy Face
icons of the Mother of God including the Jerusalem Icon
icons of saints and feasts
liturgical textiles such as the Epitaphios
iconostasis icons
Byzantine, Russian, Greek, Coptic and Ethiopian schools
Standards and regulation
Church canons on iconography
Heritage and export laws for historic icons
Failure modes and hazards
Disrespectful framing of veneration
Registry aliases naming unrelated objects
Theft and illicit trade in icons
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.icon
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What an icon is.
Attribution.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is an icon, and how does it differ from other religious paintings, computing icons and the misfiled aliases? definition
- Is the question about theology, art, a specific icon, veneration or a misfiled alias? boundary
Types
Types.
Types
Types.
- What are the Jerusalem Icon of the Mother of God, the Holy Face of Jesus and the Epitaphios? definition
- Which entry fits the specific type? action
Theology Theology and veneration.
Attribution.
Theology
Theology.
Theology
Theology.
- How do Eastern churches understand icons and veneration, and what did the iconoclast controversy decide, presented respectfully? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Practice
Practice.
Practice
Practice.
- How are icons used in liturgy, homes and processions? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Art Art and technique.
Sources.
Technique
Technique.
Technique
Technique.
- How are icons painted, and what conventions govern them? provenance
- Which entry fits egg tempera? action
Schools
Schools.
Schools
Schools.
- How do Byzantine, Russian, Greek, Coptic and Ethiopian icons differ? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific school? action
Context History and today.
Context.
History
History.
History
History.
- How did icons develop from late antiquity through Byzantium and Russia? provenance
- Which entry fits Byzantine art? action
Today
Today.
Today
Today.
- How are icons made, collected and conserved today? provenance
- Which entry fits art conservation? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should Epitaphios and the named icon types be separate primary entries?
- How should art history and religious sources be linked?
- The registry aliases feretory, Spiritual labyrinth and Alasa Kanya are not icons and should be detached