Most icons of given saints or events will have common, shared story elements.... In addition to these common elements - shared by most icons - icons often reflect the culture and tradition of the iconographer's ethnic background. There are four readily recognized ethnic types of icons: Greek, Russian, Arabic, [and Coptic]. When representative examples are placed side-by-side the differences become quite clear.This webpage offers a simple chart that will have you in-the-know on the four main cultural styles of icons in less than 2 minutes!
http://www.melkite.org/arabicon.htm
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I really feel Georgian icons should be in that list too. They are different enough from Byzantine to merit their own sub group.
ReplyDeleteCarlos: I'll see if I can feature Georgian iconography in an upcoming post!
ReplyDeleteI found an interesting article about Belarusian Iconography.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.belarusguide.com/culture1/religion/icons/