 Medieval Icons
Medieval Icons Overview
During the Middle Age and in particular within the Byzantine Art, artists produced many kind of artworks, but the form of art mostly realized was probably the Iconography.
Medieval Icons refer to the distinct tradition and style embodied in Orthodox religious images painted during the Byzantine Empire. This enduring heritage is a testament to the powerful religious experience that these images evoke.
The purpose of medieval icons was first to create reverence in worship and second to serve as an illustrated story of The Holy Bible for illiterate people. So, medieval icons have been also called prayers, hymns, sermons in form and color.
Medieval Icons in Italy
Medieval Icons painting passed to Western Europe at the time of the Italian primitives, around the 13th century. As the Renaissance developed, medieval icons moved towards a renewed Classicism, and differences from the earlier Orthodox tradition became evident. According with styles of two major art school in Tuscany - Seienese school and Florentine school - medieval icons painters gave emphasis either to symbolic and religious contents, or, at the same time, to realistic element with more like-life shapes, naturalistic shades or using perspective.
Silvia Salvadori’s Medieval Icons
Silvia Salvadori reproduced medieval icons of various historical artist such as Cimabue, Duccio di Buoninsegna, Simone Martini, Pietro Lorenzetti, Giotto and more, using same techniques of original artworks. Successive some examples of these:
Announcing angel icon - Simone Martini
Madonna on the Lake - Sienese School
St. Mary Magdalene - Duccio di Buoninsegna
Archangel Gabriel (detail) - Duccio di Buoninsegna
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