Russian Icons

For Russians, icons, particularly those that predate the early 17th century, are uninfluenced by Western motifs, and are the truest form of Russian art.


Saint John the Baptist, circa 1300, from Constantinople (now Istanbul, Turkey), from the collection of the British Museum.
http://shera-art.org/news/post.php?s=2015-04-13-exhibitions-byzantium-to-russia-origins-and-development-of-russian-icons-1200-to-1900-clinton-ma-may-2-september-12-2015


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