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Icons

Scope note

Images produced in the Eastern Rite churches, since the 6th century, according to prescribed formulas of subject (Christ, the Virgin, saints, and the great feasts) and composition, for devotional use in the church or home. Most commonly tempera on panel, but may be in any two-dimensional or relief medium, including fresco.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300033945

Broader Terms used

devotional images

Term used for

eikons
ikons

Equivalent Terms used

icon

Created

13yrs ago

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