Icon Gallery : Main Hall


EXHIBITION : Ukrainian Icon In The 11th-16th C.C.


Contents

The exhibition currently contains 25 images splitted between the following 6 rooms:


The art catalog

Room 1

Room 2

Room 3

Room 4

Room 5

Room 6


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THE ARCHANGEL MICHAEL FROM THE DEESIS RANGE


Early 15th century
97.5 x 70. Egg tempera on lime wood.
From St. Parasceve's Church in the village of Dalyova (Poland). Lviv National Museum.
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This icon (with paired icon of Archangel Gabriel) is part of the Deesis. The appearance of this subject in Byzantine art is believed to date from the 6th century. It is based mainly on the composition representing three personages - the Savior (Christ the Pantocrator), who is flanked by the Virgin and St. John the Baptist (it is represented in such a way in three mosaic medallions in Kyiv's St. Sophia Cathedral, the first half of the 11th century). The subject derives its name Deesis from the Greek world of entreaty . Researchers maintain that the appearance of the Deesis range, which included various personages (great martyrs, holy warriors, fathers of the church), was influenced by Byzantine court ceremonials. In time, the Deesis became one of the major parts of the iconostasis. The Theme concerns the impression for mankind before Jesus Christ who appears here as Judge. The Archangels Gabriel and Michael were indispensable personages who separated the Virgin and St. John the Baptist from the range in the Deesis icons installed in iconostases of the 14th-15th centuries. The Archangel Michael from Dalyova is represented in a himation and tunic and holding a baton and sphere, characteristic attributes of heavenly warriors.

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