Category talk:Icons by century
Definition of icon
[edit]It should be considered, in this category, that icons are not just considered to be iconography painted on a wooden surface for the direct purpose of veneration. Icons can also include mosaics, frescoes, engravings, embroidery etc... Icon also doesn't just denote things done in a Byzantine iconographic style, but also includes any religious images within early Christianity, this including the catacombs.
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"In Eastern Christianity and other icon-painting Christian traditions, the icon is generally a flat panel painting depicting a holy being or object such as Jesus, Mary, saints, angels, or the cross. Icons may also be cast in metal, carved in stone, embroidered on cloth, painted on wood, done in mosaic or fresco work, printed on paper or metal, etc."
"Iconography (from Greek: εικoνογραφία) refers to the making and liturgical use of icons, pictorial representations of Biblical scenes from the life of Jesus Christ, historical events in the life of the Church, and portraits of the saints. Icons are usually two-dimensional images and may be made of paint, mosaic, embroidery, weaving, carving, engraving, or other methods. A person who practices the art of iconography is called an iconographer."