The Ukrainian Icon 11th - 18th centuries (From Byzantine origins to the baroque)
Faith, tradition, and national sacred imageryBy Liudmila MiliayevaLength2h 53m
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Icon painting, the ultimate expression of Orthodox Christian art, reached its zenith in Ukraine between the 11th and 18th centuries. This book spans the entire period, showing the development of the style. The Ukrainian icon is a surprising synthesis of the traditions of Eastern Byzantine art and the stylistic characteristics of Russian icon painting. The introduction of this book explains the stages of development of icon-painting over five centuries in Ukraine’s major Centres of art - Kyiv, Chernihiv, Transcarpathia, Galicia, and Volhynia - and discusses the life and work of the masters of icon-painting. Despite the strict stylistic considerations imposed by the genre, Ukrainian icons display a striking range and variety of backgrounds and contexts. The author has been awarded the Ukrainian Medal of Arts, the Order of Princess Olga.
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11. SS Vladimir, Boris and Gleb, late 17th century. National Art Museum, Kiev.
110108. Deesis tier. Detail: An Apostle.
2The history of Ukrainian Icons
111109. Deesis, late 15th century. National Museum, Lvov.
32. Detail of a late-10th-century fresco in the Church of the Tithe, Kiev. Present whereabouts unknown.
112110. The Passion of Christ, late 15th - early 16th century. National Museum, Lvov.
43. The Virgin of Vladimir. Detail.
113111. The Passion of Christ. Detail.
54. The Virgin of Vladimir, 11th - early 12th century. Detail. The Dormition Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin.
114112. The Last Judgement, late 15th - early 16th century. National Museum, Lvov.
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65. The Great Panagea (The Virgin Orans), early 12th century. Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.
115113. The Last Judgement. Detail.
76. St George the Warrior, 11th - 12th centuries. Dormition Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin.
116114. Master Alexei The Dormition, 1547. National Museum, Lvov.
87. An Archangel, mid-11th century. Detail of the mosaic The Eucharist St Sophia’s Cathedral, Kiev
117115. The Adoration of the Magi, mid-16th century. National Museum, Lvov.
98. An Archangel, mid-11th century. Fresco St Sophia’s Cathedral, Kiev.
118116. The Adoration of the Magi. Detail.
109. The Eucharist, Mosaic from the Cathedral of St Michael with the Gold Domes, Kiev, 1108-14. St Sophia’s Architectural and Historical Preserve, Kiev.
119117. SS John the Divine and Prochorus, mid-16th century. National Museum, Lvov.
1110. St Cyril Writing a Homily, Fresco in the Church of St Cyril, Kiev. Second half of the 12th century.
120118. The Church of the Exaltation of the Cross. Early 16th century. Town of Drogobych, Lvov Region.
1211. St George and St Theodore Stratilates, Relief from the Cathedral of St Michael with the Gold Domes, Kiev. Early 12th century.
121119. The Exaltation of the Cross. Early 16th century. The Church of the Exaltation of the Cross in the town of Drogobych, Lvov Region.
1312. The Archangel Gabriel (The Angel with the Golden Hair), 12th century. Russian Museum, St Petersburg.
122120. The Exaltation of the Cross. Detail: The Dream of Emperor Constantine.
1413. St Luke the Evangelist. Miniature from the Ostromir Gospel, 1056-57. National Library of Russia, St Petersburg.
123121. The Exaltation of the Cross. Detail: The Identification of the Cross by Laying it on a Dead Woman.
1514. The Synaxis of the Saint Bishops. Miniature from the Sviatoslav Anthology (Izbornik), 1073. Historical Museum, Moscow
124122. SS Paraskieva Piatnitsa and Barbara. Detail.
1615. St Mark the Evangelist. Miniature from the Dobrilov Gospel, 1164. State Library of Russia, Moscow.
125123. SS Paraskieva and Barbara, mid-16th century. The Church of the Exaltation of the Cross in the town of Drogobych, Lvov Region.
1716. St Luke the Evangelist. Miniature from the Galich Gospel, late 12th - early 13th century. Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.
126124. The Virgin of Eleusa. Second half of the 16th century. National Museum, Lvov.
1817. The Last Judgement. Miniature from the Kievan Psalter, 1397. National Library of Russia, St Petersburg.
127125. The Annunciation and The Conception of St Anne, mid-16th century. National Museum, Lvov.
1918. The Creation of Adam. Miniature from the Kievan Psalter, 1397. National Library of Russia, St Petersburg.
128126. The Baptism of Christ, mid-16th century. National Art Museum, Kiev.
2019. The Virgin of Igoryovskaya, 13th century. Present whereabouts unknown.
129127. The Nativity of Christ, mid-16th century. National Art Museum, Kiev.
2120. The Virgin Hodegetria, late 13th - early 14th century. Local History Museum, Rovno.
130128. The Vernicle, mid-16th century. National Art Museum, Kiev.
2221. The Virgin Hodegetria of Volhynia, second half of the 14th century. National Art Museum, Kiev.
131129. Master Dmitry Deesis, 1565. National Museum, Lvov.
2322. SS Basil and Peter. Icon, late 15th - early 16th century. Church in the village of Lisiatichi, Lvov Region.
132130. The Descent into Limbo, mid-16th century. The Kiev Monastery of the Caves Museum Preserve.
2423. Christ Pantocrator, 15th century. National Museum, Lvov.
133131. The Presentation in the Temple, mid-16th century. National Art Museum, Kiev.
2524. The Nativity of the Virgin, 15th century. National Museum, Lvov.
134132. Christ in Majesty. Detail.
2625. The Virgin of Lvov, 14th century. Picture Gallery, Lvov.
135133. Christ in Majesty, mid-16th century. The Kiev Monastery of the Caves Museum Preserve.
2726. St Nicetas and a Devil, mid-16th century. National Museum, Lvov.
136134. The Transfiguration, late 16th century. National Museum, Lvov.
2827. The Last Judgement, mid-16th century. Detail. National Museum, Lvov.
137135. The Resurrection, late 16th century. National Art Museum, Kiev.
2928. Master Andriychina Mnogogrishny St Basil the Great. Miniature from a service-book, first half of the 16th century. Historical Museum, Moscow.
138136. Master Fedusko of Sambor. The Annunciation, 1579. Art Museum, Kharkov.
3029. St Luke the Evangelist. Miniature from the Peresopnitsy Gospel, 1556-61. Central Research Library of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukraine, Kiev.
139137. Master Fedusko of Sambor. The Annunciation. Detail.
3130. The Apostle Peter and the Virgin, 1570s. National Museum, Lvov.
140138. The Ascension, late 16th century. National Museum, Lvov.
3231. The Apostles Simon and Bartholomew, 1570s. National Museum, Lvov.
141139. The Descent of the Holy Spirit, late 16th century. National Museum, Lvov.
3332. Detail of an icon of The Passion of Christ, mid-16th century. The Church of the Exaltation of the Cross in the town of Drogobych, Lvov Region.
142140. The Ascension. Detail.
3433. The Passion of Christ. Detail.
143141. The Descent into Hell, late 16th century. National Museum, Lvov.
3534. The Passion of Christ. Detail.
144142. Royal Doors, mid-16th century. Local History Museum, Rovno.
3635. Fiodor from Lvov. The Virgin of the Acathistos Hymn, 1599. Detail. Olesky Castle (a branch of the Lvov Picture Gallery).
145143. Royal Doors. Detail: St Matthew the Evangelist.
3736. St John the Baptist with Scenes from His Life, first half of the 16th century. The Church of the Holy Spirit in the town of Rogatin, Ivano-Frankovsk Region.
146144. The Church of St Paraskieva Piatnitsa, Lvov, 13th - 14th and 17th centuries.
3837. The Annunciation, mid-16th century. National Art Museum, Lvov.
147145. The iconostasis of the Church of St Paraskieva Piatnitsa in Lvov, late 16th - first half of the 17th century.
3938. The Presentation in the Temple and The Annunciation. Icon, mid-16th century. The Church of St Paraskieva in the village of Dalewo, Poland.
148146. The Virgin Hodegetria. Detail.
4039. Portrait of the Kievan Metropolitan Peter Mogila, 1644. Fresco from the Deesis tier The Church of the Transfiguration on the Berestovo, Kiev.
149147. The Virgin Hodegetria, early 17th century. The Church of St Paraskieva, Lvov.
4140. Unknown artist. Portrait of Jan Gerburt, late 16th century. Detail. Picture Gallery, Lvov.
150148. The Baptism of Christ. First half of the 17th century. The Church of St Paraskieva, Lvov.
4241. Master Andrei Pelenichka. St John the Evangelist. Miniature in the Gospel from the village of Grimno, Lvov Region, 1602. National Library of Russia, St Petersburg.
151149. The Presentation in the Temple. First half of the 17th century. The Church of St Paraskieva, Lvov.
4342. The iconostasis. The Church of St Cosmas and St Damian in the village of Bolshiye Gribovichi, Lvov Region.
152150. The Entombment. First half of the 17th century. The Church of St Paraskieva, Lvov.
4443. The Holy Trinity (in a cartouche). The Church of St Cosmas and St Damian. Village of Bolshiye Gribovichi, Lvov Region.
153151. The Descent into Limbo. First half of the 17th century. The Church of St Paraskieva, Lvov.
4544. The Vernicle (in a cartouche). The Church of St Cosmas and St Damian. Village of Bolshiye Gribovichi, Lvov Region.
154152. The Apostle Peter, early 17th century. The Church of St Paraskieva, Lvov.
4645. Mykola Morokhovsky (?), Christ Before Caiaphas, 1637-38. The Fraternal Church of the Dormition, Lvov.
155153. St Nicholas of Myra, early 17th century. The Church of St Nicholas on the Bank, Kiev.
4746. Mykola Morokhovsky (?), The Judgement of the Sanhedrin, 1637-38. The Fraternal Church of the Dormition, Lvov.
156154. Christ Before Caiaphas and Christ before Herod, 1620. Detail of an icon of The Passion of Christ National Museum, Lvov.
4847. Mykola Morokhovsky (?), Christ Before Herod, 1637-38. The Fraternal Church of the Dormition, Lvov.
157155. Fiodor Vyshensky. The Dormition, 1608. Olesky Castle (a branch of the Lvov Picture Gallery).
4948. Mykola Morokhovsky (?), Christ Before Pilate, 1637-38. The Fraternal Church of the Dormition, Lvov.
158156. The bell-tower of the Church of St George, 1670. Town of Drogobych, Lvov Region.
5049. Mykola Morokhovsky (?), The Washing of Feet, 1637-38. The Fraternal Church of the Dormition, Lvov.
159157. Royal Doors, 1651-66. The Church of St George in the town of Drogobych, Lvov Region.
5150. Fiodir Senkovich (died c. 1631), The Descent into Hell, 1616-30 (?). The Fraternal Church of the Dormition, Lvov.
160158. The Acathistos to the Virgin „O, Vspetaya Mati…”, 1659. The Church of St George in the town of Drogobych, Lvov Region.
5251. The Church of the Holy Spirit, 1598. Town of Rogatin, Ivano-Frankovsk Region.
161159. Stefan Mediatsky. Lot’s Flight from Sodom and Gomorrah, 1659. The Church of St George in the town of Drogobych, Lvov Region.
5352. The Virgin Hodegetria, 1650. Detail.
162160. The Church of the Holy Spirit, 1598. Town of Rogatin, Ivano-Frankovsk Region.
5453. Melchizedek. Detail.
163161. The iconostasis, 1650. The Church of the Holy Spirit in the town of Rogatin, Ivano-Frankovsk Region.
5554. The Archangel Michael, 1650. The Church of the Holy Spirit in the town of Rogatin, Ivano-Frankovsk Region.
164162. The Apostle Thomas, 1650. From the iconostasis of the Church of the Holy Spirit in the town of Rogatin, Ivano-Frankovsk Region. Losses of the paint layer have been retouched.
5655. Melchizedek, 1650. The Church of the Holy Spirit in the town of Rogatin, Ivano-Frankovsk Region.
165163. The Apostle Philip, 1650. From the iconostasis of the Church of the Holy Spirit in the town of Rogatin, Ivano-Frankovsk Region. Losses of the paint layer have been retouched.
5756. The Virgin Hodegetria, 1677. Museum of Folk Architecture and Daily Life, Kiev.
166164. The Apostles’ Tier, 1650. The Church of the Holy Spirit in the town of Rogatin, Ivano-Frankovsk Region.
5857. The Church of the Exaltation of the Cross, early 16th century. Town of Drogobych, Lvov Region.
167165. The Old Testament Trinity. Detail.
5958. The iconostasis of the Church of the Exaltation of the Cross, 1630s; 1735. Town of Drogobych, Lvov Region.
168166. The Old Testament Trinity, mid-17th century. Museum of Folk Architecture and Daily Life, Kiev.
6059. Ivan Medytsky (?), The Archangel Michael with Scenes of His Deeds. Detail.
169167. St George the Martyr, late 17th - early 18th century. The D. V. Popov collection.
6160. Ivan Medytsky (?), The Archangel Michael with Scenes of His Deeds, second half of the 17th century. The Church of the Exaltation of the Cross in the town of Drogobych, Lvov Region.
170168. The Dormition, 17th century. Museum of Folk Architecture and Daily Life, Kiev.
6261. Ivan Rutkovich. Died 1703. The Meeting on the Road to Emmaus, 1697-99. National Museum, Lvov.
171169. The Flight into Egypt. Detail.
6362. Ivan Rutkovich (died 1703) The Appearance of Christ to Mary Magdalene, 1680. National Museum, Lvov.
172170. The Flight into Egypt, late 17th century. The Kiev Monastery of the Caves Museum Preserve.
6463. Ivan Rutkovich (died 1703), The Archangel Gabriel, 1697-1699. National Museum, Lvov.
173171. The Flight into Egypt. Detail.
6564. Ivan Rutkovich (died 1703) Christ in the House of Mary and Martha, 1697-99. National Museum, Lvov.
174172. The Dormition Cathedral of the Yeletsky Monastery in the town of Chernigov, mid-12th century; 17th century.
6665. Iov Kondzelevich (1667 - after 1740) The Ascension, 1705. National Museum, Lvov.
175173. The Virgin (Yeletskaya). First half of the 18th century. Museum of History and Local Lore, Chernigov.
6766. The Crucifixion, incorporating a portrait of Colonel Leonty Svechka from the town of Lubny (?). Detail.
176174. The iconostasis, 1669-76. The Dormition Cathedral of the Yeletsky Monastery in the town of Chernigov.
6867. The Crucifixion, incorporating a portrait of Colonel Leonty Svechka from the town of Lubny (?), late 17th century National Art Museum, Kiev.
177175. The Virgin (Yeletskaya), 1700-03. The icon is depicted on a portrait of the Wagon-Master General Vasily Dunin-Borkovsky. Art Museum, Chernigov.
6968. The Intercession of the Virgin. Second half of the 17th century. National Art Museum, Kiev.
178176. St Anne, late 17th century. Oil on panel, 102 x 41 cm. National Art Museum, Kiev.
7069. The Intercession of the Virgin. Detail: Portrait of the Hetman Bogdan Chmelnitsky. Early 18th century.
179177. The Spies of the Land of Canaan, early 18th century. National Art Museum, Kiev.
7170. The Exaltation of the Cross, late 17th - early 18th century. National Art Museum, Kiev.
180178. The Trinity Church, 1720. Town of Zhovka, Lvov Region.
7271. The Intercession of the Virgin, early 18th century. National Art Museum, Kiev.
181179. The Tree of Jesse, 1720. The Trinity Church in the town of Zhovka, Lvov Region.
7372. The Intercession of the Virgin. Detail.
182180. Vasyl Petranovich, c. 1680-1759 (?), The Archangel Michael, 1720. The Trinity Church in the town of Zhovka, Lvov Region.
7473. The Intercession of the Virgin. Early 18th century. Museum of Architecture and History, Chernigov.
183181. Vasyl Petranovich, c. 1680-1759 (?), Melchizedek, 1720. The Trinity Church in the town of Zhovka, Lvov Region.
7574. The Virgin Hodegetria, 1732. The Church of the Transfiguration in the village of Bolshiye Sorochintsy, Poltava Region.
184182. The Apostle Thomas, late 17th - early 18th century. National Art Museum, Kiev.
7675. The Church of the Transfiguration, 1732. Village of Bolshiye Sorochintsy, Poltava Region.
185183. St George the Warrior, early 18th century. National Art Museum, Kiev.
7776. St Juliana, 1732. The Church of the Transfiguration in the village of Bolshiye Sorochintsy, Poltava Region.
186184. St George the Warrior. Detail.
7877. The Prophet Daniel, 1732. The Church of the Transfiguration in the village of Bolshiye Sorochintsy, Poltava Region.
187185. The Virgin and Child with Two Angels, late 17th - early 18th century. National Art Museum, Kiev.
7978. The Old Testament Trinity, 1734-1735. The Gatehouse church of the Holy Trinity in the Kiev Monastery of the Caves.
188186. The Church of the Transfiguration, 1732. Village of Sorochintsy, Poltava Region.
8079. St Paraskieva Piatnitsa, 1730. National Art Museum, Kiev.
189187. The Flight into Egypt, 1732. The Church of the Transfiguration in the village of Bolshiye Sorochintsy, Poltava Region.
8180. The Martyrs SS Barbara and Catherine, mid-18th century. National Art Museum, Kiev.
190188. The iconostasis, 1732. The Church of the Transfiguration in the village of Bolshiye Sorochintsy, Poltava Region.
8281. The Martyrs SS Juliana and Anastasia. Detail.
191189. The Annunciation, 1732. The Church of the Transfiguration in the village of Bolshiye Sorochintsy, Poltava Region.
8382. The Martyrs SS Juliana and Anastasia, mid-18th century. National Art Museum, Kiev.
192190. The Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple. Detail.
84A Selection of the Most Beautiful Icons
193191. The Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple, 1732. The Church of the Transfiguration in the village of Bolshiye Sorochintsy, Poltava Region.
8583. The Virgin of the Sign. The Church of the Holy Spirit in the town of Rogatin, Ivano-Frankovsk Region.
194192. The Dormition, 1732. The Church of the Transfiguration in the village of Bolshiye Sorochintsy, Poltava Region.
8684. The Virgin of the Caves (Svenskaya), 11th - early 12th, 13th centuries. Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.
195193. The Prophet Aaron, 1732. The Church of the Transfiguration in the village of Bolshiye Sorochintsy, Poltava Region.
8785. The Transfiguration, 14th century. National Museum, Lvov.
196194. The Virgin of the Sign, 1732. The Church of the Transfiguration in the village of Bolshiye Sorochintsy, Poltava Region.
8886. The Transfiguration, late 14th - early 15th century. National Museum, Lvov.
197195. The Virgin of the Sign. Detail.
8987. The Miracle of St George and the Dragon, 14th century. National Museum, Lvov.
198196. The Prophet Zacharias, 1732. The Church of the Transfiguration in the village of Bolshiye Sorochintsy, Poltava Region.
9088. St George, 15th century. National Museum, Lvov.
199197. Deesis tier, 1732. The Church of the Transfiguration in the village of Bolshiye Sorochintsy, Poltava Region.
9189. The Archangel Michael. Early 15th century. National Museum, Lvov.
200198. The Synaxis of the Archangel Michael, first half of the 18th century. The Kiev Monastery of the Caves Museum Preserve.
9290. The Archangel Gabriel. Early 15th century. National Museum, Lvov.
201199. The Gatehouse church of the Holy Trinity in the Kiev Monastery of the Caves, 1106-08; 1722-31.
9391. The Archangel Michael, 15th century. The Church of the Exaltation of the Cross in the town of Drogobych, Lvov Region.
202200. The iconostasis, 1734-35. The Gatehouse churchof the Holy Trinity in the Kiev Monastery of the Caves.
9492. St John Chrysostom, 15th century. The Church of the Exaltation of the Cross in the town of Drogobych, Lvov Region.
203201. The Virgin (Bratskaya), 1734-35. The Gatehouse churchof the Holy Trinity in the Kiev Monastery of the Caves.
9593. The Apostle St Paul, 15th century. The Church of the Exaltation of the Cross in the town of Drogobych, Lvov Region.
204202. Christ Pantocrator, 1734-35. The Gatehouse churchof the Holy Trinity in the Kiev Monastery of the Caves.
9694. St John the Baptist, 15th century. The Church of the Exaltation of the Cross in the town of Drogobych, Lvov Region.
205203. The Archangel Michael, 1734-35. The Gatehouse church of the Holy Trinity in the Kiev Monastery of the Caves.
9795. The Archangel Michael. Detail.
206204. The Archangel Gabriel, 1734-35. The Gatehouse church of the Holy Trinity in the Kiev Monastery of the Caves.
9896. The central part of a Deesis tier: Christ Pantocrator, the Virgin and St John the Baptist, 15th century. National Museum, Lvov.
207205. Apostles, 1734-1735, The Gatehouse church of the Holy Trinity in the Kiev Monastery of the Caves.
9997. The Miracle of St George and the Dragon, 15th century. National Art Museum, Kiev.
208206. Lot Being Led into a Cave by Angels, 1734-35. The Gatehouse Church of the Holy Trinity in the Kiev Monastery of the Caves.
10098. The Miracle of St George and the Dragon. Detail.
209207. The Sacrifice of Abraham, 1734-35. The Gatehouse Church of the Holy Trinity in the Kiev Monastery of the Caves.
10199. The Passion of Christ. Detail: The Women at the Tomb and The Resurrection.
210208. The Virgin the Life-Giving Source, 1734-35. The Gatehouse Church of the Holy Trinity in the Kiev Monastery of the Caves.
102100. The Passion of Christ, 15th century. National Museum, Lvov.
211209. Christ of the Vine, mid-18th century. National Art Museum, Kiev.
103101. The Virgin Eleusa, late 15th - early 16th century. Olesky Castle (a branch of the Lvov Picture Gallery).
212210. Christ Pantocrator, mid-18th century. National Art Museum, Kiev.
104102. The Virgin Hodegetria, 15th century. National Museum, Lvov.
213211. Deesis, 1761. National Art Museum, Kiev
105103. Christ in Majesty. Detail.
214212. The Nativity of the Virgin, mid-18th century. The Kiev Monastery of the Caves Museum Preserve
106104. Christ in Majesty. Second half of the 15th century. Museum of Folk Architecture and Daily Life, Kiev.
215213. The Nativity of the Virgin. Detail
107105. Deesis tier, late 15th - early 16th century. Central part Local History Museum, Rovno.
216214. The Fall, 1761. National Art Museum, Kiev
108106. Deesis tier. Detail: An Apostle.
217215. Altarpiece. Stephen the Archdeacon, mid-18th century. The Kiev Monastery of the Caves Museum Preserve
109107. Deesis tier. Detail: An Apostle.