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Fiery ascent of Elijah the Prophet, with three saints on the fields

Fiery ascent of Elijah the Prophet, with three saints on the fields

This icon belongs to the hand of a village icon painter. Guided by considerations of practical order, he uses the usual movements of the brush to create an image revered by peasants. The image resembles an interconnected set of characters-characters, understandable to any villager.

Master discards unnecessary in his opinion details, episodes, while others type in an almost arbitrary sequence. So, Ilya in the cave resolutely “shifted” to the left; The raven carrying the bread flies in an indefinite direction.

A masterpiece of the icon-sign system can be called the image of a chariot in the form of a box with one wheel and fire horses, indicated by an uncertain zigzag. This peculiar encryption is akin to images on spinning wheels, household utensils, embroidered patterns of towels, in which the echoes of pagan culture are guessed.

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