The Orans of Kyiv icon is a painting by Lala Lotos which was uploaded on October 9th, 2019.
The Orans of Kyiv icon
The first images of the virgin Oranta (without the Baby) are already found in the Roman catacombs. The most widespread this iconographic scheme gets... more
by Lala Lotos
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Dimensions
14.000 x 20.000 cm.
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Title
The Orans of Kyiv icon
Artist
Lala Lotos
Medium
Painting - Wood, Gesso, Tempera, Gold Leaf
Description
The first images of the virgin Oranta (without the Baby) are already found in the Roman catacombs. The most widespread this iconographic scheme gets in the post-iconoclastic period. Oranta was depicted in the conch of the apse the Nea Ekklesia Church in Constantinople, built under Basil I in the period from 867 to 886 (not preserved). The upper register of the apse paintings becomes the traditional place for a mosaic or fresco image of the virgin Oranta. In the apse of St. Sophia Cathedral in Kiev (XI century) is one of the most famous mosaic images of Oranta (figure height 5 m 45 cm). One of the epithets assigned to this image is "Unbreakable Wall".
Oranta is distinguished from other iconographic types of the image of the virgin by her specific majesty and monumentality, Her pose is extremely static, the composition is symmetrical, which corresponds to the ideas of wall paintings and mosaics, decorative and applied art. In iconography, independent images of the virgin Oranta without a Baby are used extremely rarely. This image is part of complex compositions, for example, in the iconography of the feast of the ascension or the Intercession.
Uploaded
October 9th, 2019
