Icon of suffering and happiness

Meaning of Life icon. Trubetskoi also question the meaning of life from people starting to explain the double meaning of the icon. In his view, the essence of human beings and other different, people are "all creatures of the embodiment of hope, is another witness higher sense, therefore, in the inevitability of death, destined to rule the world war fight back and fight here reflects the problem of meaning of life. and people's lives more difficult the situation is grim, the meaning of life, the more sudden.

Ancient Russians in the face of war and oppression and time, had raised the problem of the meaning of life and thinking, these people are not philosophers, but can divine insight icons painter. They do not use language to express their own ideas, but with color. Do Ciyi Trudeau wrote in ancient Rose, countless tower but Ross trample troops pour so then remembered icon painter, "the image of the beast."

"Kingdom of the beast to the people also raised the eternal challenge: if you fall down and worship me, I'll give you all of it's all ancient Russian religious art is born and grew up in the fight against this test in. in response to this challenge, the ancient Russian icon painter through the image and paint, very bright and strong performance of the stuff that filled their hearts - this is the truth and the life on another world, another opinion insights.

Trubetskoi that Russia ancient Dekor long been regarded as merely manifestations asceticism content. At that time people can not understand Russia Dekor most essential thing - he convey to the world very happy.

After iconoclasm, Abraham hospitality paintings of Byzantine art is widely popular again. In the composition of these paintings, out there beyond the three angels to Abraham, his wife Sarah and the image of a servant, but the character of the position is different, some of the patriarch Abraham and Sarah at the front, some on the side of not between angels, there appears on the small screen.

The background is generally Abraham courtyard Mamre oaks and hills. Large local retention of the subject matter of ancient paintings are: Italy, Cathedral of Monreale ah Levin 12th-century mosaic of the Greek island of St. John Convent of Our Lady Bo Temo chapel. Bulgaria, Veliko Tarnovo 40 Martyrs church of Hagia Sophia in Ohrid, Macedonia. Furthermore, in some Christian books can also be seen in this illustration theme, in practical art, there are many similar composition.

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