Art-lover, let each left to his own opinion .... The Church is not allowed to paint icons on the imagination of the artist or from a live model, as it would mean a conscious and complete detachment from the prototype. Name written on the icon, no longer correspond to the represented person and it would be obvious lies. "The icons should be written on the substance and image, rather than on guesswork and samomyshleniyu.
"As if alive" on the icons can not write more because the saints are in the other world, in eternity, and not live terrestrial mortal life, measurable time. This explains why icons are not quite appropriate to call paintings.
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