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iconostasisIn Eastern Christian churches of Byzantine tradition, a solid screen of stone, wood, or metal separating the sanctuary from the nave. It has a royal door in the center and two smaller doors on either side. Covered with panel icons, it always includes the icon of the Incarnation (mother with child) on the left and the second coming of Christ on the right; icons of the four Evangelists, the Annunciation, and the Last Supper cover the royal doors themselves. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Photographed at the opening of the legendary MARS Group exhibition of 1938, it makes a Modernist iconostasis. Those traces link his iconostasis to Greenberg's "at-onceness," Michael Fried's "presentness," and Kant's transcendence. A mobile iconostasis, in the form of a heavy red and gold curtain decorated with icons of Jesus, Mary, and three saints, has been installed between the altar and the front pews. |
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