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In art, the term Icon (from Greek εικων, eikon, "image") commonly refers to religious paintings in Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern-rite Catholic jurisdictions. In churches, icons are commonly displayed on an iconostasis.

In a broader sense, icons are artistic visual representations or symbols of anything considered holy and divine, such as God, saints or deities. An icon could be a painting (including relief painting), sculpture, or mosaic, but usually it is tempera on the wood plank.

Iconostasis

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  The nave of Holy Trinity Orthodox Cathedral, Chicago, Illinois
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  iconostasis in Bogusza Niżna
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  Moscow Archangel Michael Cathedral interior with iconostasis
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  Royal Doors in iconostasis
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  North door of iconostasis

Riza

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  Our Lady of Tikhvin in riza
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  Our Lady of Tikhvin's riza
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  Our Lady of Tikhvin without riza
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  Cheap slapdash Marian icon made right for riza, but without riza
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  Icons and its rizas
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  Two additional elements of riza from silver: venets (crown) and tsata (necklace)
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  Riza with added venets and tsata

Types

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  Icon for temple used in iconostasis (Virgin Mary)
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  Small icon for home use (Seven sleepers)
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  Khorugv: Two-sided portable icon for Crucession (A. Our Lady of Smolensk. B. Ss. Nicolas, princes Boris and Gleb)
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  Kiot: Box for icon with foldable side flaps
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  Skladen: Folding icon, usually tryptich
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  Shelf for icon corner (red corner)

Сondition

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  Half of icon was left without clearing to show how drying oil become dark during ages
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  Various layers of paint are keept (note the gold field, right, and the green that was under)
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  Process of clearing
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  Warped board
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  Loss of the layer of paint
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  Bad edges
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  Dark drying oil and loss of layer of paint
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  Сrack and holes from riza's nails

Encaustic icons

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  Christ Pantocrator, :encaustic painting on panel, St. Catherine's Monastery, Sinai, 6th-7th century
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  Saint Peter, a 6th-century encaustic icon from Saint Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai
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  Virgin and Child with angels and Sts. George and Theodore. C.600
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  Thaddeus of the Seventy Disciples, after 994
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  Icon of Our Lady, VI c.

Byzantine icons

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  St. George
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  Annunciation. XIII c.
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  Descent from the cross, XIV c.
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  Archangels Michael and Gabriel, XII c.
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  Annunciation from the Church of St Climent in Ohrid, R.o.Macedonia (first quarter of the 14th century).
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  Our Lady of Vladimir, XII c. (ru:Владимирская икона Божией Матери)
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  Gabriel, XIV c.
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  The Ladder of Divine Ascent, XII c.
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  Resurrection of Lazarus, late 14th — early 15th Century.
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  Dead Christ, XII c.
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  Anastasia of Sirmium, XV c.
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  Crucifixion, XII c.

Bulgarian icons

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  God's Mother of Don; Bulgaria, 18th/19th century

Greek icons

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  Saint Christopher as cynocephalus
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  Crucifixion by Theophanes the Cretan
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  Our Lady Andronikovskaya
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  Second Coming, c.1700
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  Saint Charalampus, XVII c.

Russian icons

Ukrainian icons

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  Our Lady of Pochaiv (16th century)
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  Our Lady of Balikinska (18–19th century)
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  Savior (18th century)
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  Unknown saint and scenes from her life
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  Icon of Virgin Dehtyarevska (1794)

Icons of Poland

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  Holy Mother of Ostra Brama
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  Black Madonna of Częstochowa
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  Saint Basil of Caesarea, Saint John Chrysostom, Saint Gregorius I Magnus, XVII c.
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  Crucifiction, XVI c.

Icons of Serbia

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  Saint Arsenije
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  St. Tryphon of Campsada
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  Saint Anne with child Mary

Coptic icons

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  St. Bishop Menas with Jesus
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  Archangel
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  St. Paul
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  Dormition of Virgin Mary
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  Saint Mercurius killing Roman Emperor Flavius Claudius Julianus
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  Crucifixion