Three Icons of Saint Nina Equal-to-the-Apostles. Features of the Development of New Iconography

Abstract

The article for the first time considers three icons of St Nina Equal-to-the-Apostles, created in the 21st century by masters of the North-West of Russia (St Petersburg – Pskov) and united by a common subject. The unique nature of the solution of these images in the work of the icon painter Y. Filippov and the master of the gold embroidery V. Kazarina is noted. The peculiarities of the subject presentation in the iconography of icons make it possible not only to determine the level of their artistic merit, but also for the first time to highlight one of the trends of modern icon painting – documentalism. Its various forms as determining the characteristics of images and subjects are revealed, the role of narrative and symbolism in their interpretation is emphasized. In parallel with the considered icons of St. Nina, the examples of the use of forms of documentalism in the works of icon painters of the northern capital – G. Panayotov and D. Mironenko – are given. Attention to the role of professional education (composition, drawing, color scheme) in the imaginative solution of icons is drawn. An attempt is made to briefly characterize the trends of documentalism in the icon painting of Old Russia and later period, up to the early 20th century. The role of traditions of the masters of the northern capital in the modern icon painting is emphasized.

Keywords

icon; tradition; documentalism; gold embroidery; image; Saint Nina; Yuri Filippov; Vera Kazarina; Dmitry Mironenko; Georgy Panayotov; Pskov;

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Санкт-Петербургской
академии художеств

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Preservation of Cultural Heritage

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Three Icons of Saint Nina Equal-to-the-Apostles. Features of the Development of New Iconography // Scientific Papers of St Petersburg Academy of Fine Arts'70. Preservation of Cultural Heritage. 2024 СПб. : СПб. акад. художеств, 2024. 208 с. C. . https://doi.org/10.62625/2782-1889.2024.70.70.009

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