Esoterica in painting

[Konstantin]

Wow! Very interesting. Thank you.

[Евгений]

Everything - the most ancient sacred object that symbolizes the World Mountain - Axis of Peace, connecting earth and sky. In Central Asia, the traveler on a pass or a place of power is always sacrificed for Obo, leaving behind a stone or tying tape. Everything is situated to the south of the South-Chu Range (lurks in the background) in the Altai - practically on the border with Mongolia. Here is the road to the sacred Ukok plateau.
(Subject to the picture ...)
Info from blog http://www.liveinternet.ru/users/1784865/post84517646/

[Selene]

Сообщение от Zenia

And this is probably too Veronika Catholics invented.

You are right in their assumptions, as always) http://artclassic.edu.ru/catalog.asp?ob_no=16261

[Евгений]

Сообщение от Konstantin

There is not all perceived genre or rather "side of life" - mysticism, or, in the present day - Esotericism.

Mystic Nicholas Vechtomov ...
http://forum.artinvestment.ru/showpo...p;postcount=67
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Сообщение от Konstantin

Since the post I was curious to learn from other examples of the forum" mystical "or" Esoteric "painting.

Just good photos ... Everyone has his own "road "....
Constantine (the theme for the paintings).

[Zenia]

Promised three years of waiting! Not three years, and about a week, probably promised to be back in the topic!
http://www.cph-art.ru/painting/Lajla

Dense and esoteric mysticism terrible there is no truth, but the story itself is unusual. Indeed, for good esoteric!

I personally would have wanted-that-could story found people she could, would help change their lives.

[Tamila]

Zenia Thanks for the interesting interview, actually all like Frida Kahlo. Vvsegda admired her strength of spirit and zeal for life.

[Glasha]

Thank you Zenia,
and the work of the artist, in my opinion, a strong, expressive, and it is a story of Frida and most Laila. This red stripe .. And you could not show off some of her works?

[Zenia]

Сообщение от Gala

Thank you Zenia,
and the work of the artist, in my opinion, a strong, expressive, and it is a story of Frida and most Laila. This red stripe .. And you could not show off some of her works?

http://www.lajlaismy.name/

This is her site. :-)

In fact, if you register on my site, you can Discuss article :-)

[Konstantin]

Being impressed by the exhibition "Icons in the Tretyakov Gallery. A bit further into this topic. Some interesting stories, and wanted to freshen up and discuss.

Our Lady of Vladimir
The first third of the XII century
Constantinople
On the back: See and instruments of the Passion
The beginning of the XV century (?)
Moscow
Wood, tempera. 103,8 x 69,1

The most celebrated and respected in Russia icon of Our Lady of Vladimir »

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was brought to Kiev from Constantinople about Fine Arts, during the reign of Yuri Dolgoruky and stayed in the convent of the Virgin in Vyshgorod-residence of the Kievan princes. But a special reverence for it was not in Kiev, Vladimir, where the icon was brought in 1155 by Prince Andrew Bogolyubsky, son of Yuri Dolgoruky.
The Greek name of the ICO ¬ nograficheskogo type - "Eleusa" (literally translated means "Miluyuschaya") - in Russia has been transformed into "Tenderness," which corresponds more closely to the image: A baby gently pressed his cheek to the choir of the Virgin Mary, holding her by the neck with his left hand, and Virgin der ¬ inh babe on the right hand, cocked his head. A characteristic feature of the iconography constitutes ¬ Xia left leg babe bent so that the heel is visible.
Since the icon is related to many impor ¬ WIDE episodes of Russian history, the heads ¬ nym of which is considered the salvation of Russia in the late XIV century from
 
Mongol-Tatar invasion. Co ¬ publicly chronicle, 26 August 1395, when the borders of the Russian lands came the army of Tamerlane, the icon was solemnly transferred to Moscow. On that day, according to legend, Tamerlane was the Virgin in Ñèÿ ¬ Institute of sunlight, surrounded by countless "great warriors, in confusion, he turned his troops and went away without a fight. This event was of great importance for further stories and the Russian state and Orthodox Church, because the victory was not of war, but spiritual. Since then, the "Virgin of Vladimir" is revered as the patroness of the whole Russian land.

The Miracle of Our Lady the Virgin of the Sign "(Bitvl Novgorodians and Suzdal)
The second half of XV century
Novgorod
Wood, tempera. 133 x 99

The plot reflects the Novgorod icon legend about a historical event of the winter 1169-1170 period.

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Novgorodians refused to take himself to the prince Svyatoslav ¬ tion, an ally of Andrei Bogolyubsky. United howling ¬ ska several principalities Central ¬ Noah Russia under the leadership of his son Andrew Bogolyubsky, Suzdal ¬ Skog Prince Mstislav Andreevich, besieged the city. 25 February 1170 began a battle that lasted all day and ended with the defeat destroyer ¬ nym Suzdal. The memory of a brilliant victory over prevos ¬ walking on the number of pan ¬ com Novgorod preserved for several centuries, believing that it was Oder ¬ Jean with Holy Bogoro ¬ ditsy due to a miracle wrought by its icon "Virgin of the Sign" *. The image icon painter XVstoletiya ¬ Zil event in the form of three successive ¬ tional episodes, each of Coto ¬ ryh prominently in ¬ positions of the components, consisting of three horizontal ¬ experimental series. Upper - devoted to ceremonial transfer свя ¬ tyni of the Church of Our Savior on Ilin Street over the bridge over the River Volkhov to the main temple of St. Sophia Cathedral of Novgorod. Led process ¬ these in white robes with crosses of St. John - the first Novgorod
 
Archbishop. In the middle part of the com ¬ positions are depicted ambassadorial talks. Representatives of Novgorod, full of humility, with uncovered heads, left the castle to meet with the truce Suzdal ¬ ant. Suzdal, bold, confident of their superiority in the famously laid by ¬ mlennyh hats, interrupt negotia ¬ thieves. The soldiers begin to bombard the defenders of Novgorod, arrows Chin ¬ lyutsya "like rain", and one of them affects the miraculous icon vyne ¬ hay on the ramparts. Lower ¬ ny series tells of the victory of Novgorod ¬ rodtsev: their army leaves the gate towers, led by holy warriors mi ¬ George, Boris and Gleb, who appear and how the leaders of the army, and how miracles ¬ HYDRATED shield that covered from the arrows and swords enemies. Build Novgorod riders is solid and indestructible, which emphasized the vertical rhythm styagom with crosses. Suzdal defeated, many driven out of the saddle and killed in the confusion.
"The miracle of the icon of Our Lady of the Sign" - a monument, the character ¬ HYDRATED the era heyday of the Novgorod icon painting of the XV century, combining the I in a conventional detachment from earthly reality, and I remind about specific events.

[Konstantin]

Procopius Chirin
Our Lady of Kazan
1606
Wood, tempera. 31 x 24

Icons painted Prokopy Tchirina, with a sufficient degree of probability can be considered the earliest extant list of the miraculous image (even before his glorification in Moscow in 1612).

[Background]

In 1552 the Kazan Khanate was annexed to Russia by John King

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Terrible. 60 000 Russian people had been released from captivity, has begun the conversion of Muslims and pagans to Christianity. In 1579 a terrible fire devastated Kazan. It started in the house of the merchant Onuchina. After the fire, Matrona, nine daughters of the merchant, was the Virgin Mary in a dream and revealed to her that under the rubble of their home is her miraculous image, buried in the land of secret confessors of Christianity even in the Tatar domination. Our Lady accurately define the place where you could find the icon. Parents at first paid no attention to the story girl, but the miraculous phenomenon of the Heavenly Queen repeated three times, and the third time it was terrible.

Mother took Matron to Metropolitan Kazan Job, she told him about a wonderful phenomenon. All the clergy of the city, accompanied by a huge crowd of people headed to the house Onuchin. Now began the excavations, but could not find the icon. Then she began to dig Matrona and immediately gained the holy image. He was of extraordinary beauty and shone quite fresh paint, as if she had just been written. Metropolitan gave the icon of. Ermolaev, the most esteemed in the town priest, who, holding it high above his head, followed by a procession and carried a beautiful image of the city, where he blessed them at the four corners of the whole gathered people. Father wrote Ermolai tropar icon of the newly-minted "Intercessor Diligent, who knew all of Holy Russia.

The miracles of the latter-day image began immediately on his acquisition. From that time till now from the image of His manifest in the city of Kazan, the Queen of Heaven generously distributes his gracious aid to all Orthodox, with faith and hope to defend it resorts.

After 10 years in place of the miraculous icon of acquiring metropolitan Hermogenes (father Yermolai was tonsured with the name of Hermogenes Miracle Monastery in Moscow, and was appointed to the chair of the Kazan), founded the nunnery in honor of the Icon of Our Lady of Kazan, where a young Matrona Onuchina it took vows and became then the abbot. The perpetrator of the first prayer before the holy, the Metropolitan Hermogenes was a tale about the wonders of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God.

His wonderful help icon yavila in the Time of Troubles, exactly 33 years later after obtaining, when Russia was invaded by Polish interventionists, hatching plans to put on the throne of Russia Alien and infidels. Polish troops took Moscow, captured and imprisoned in a dungeon, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Hermogenes. In captivity, Patriarch prayed for Our Lady of the dungeon to Russian patriots reached his appeal that they "stand firmly for their faith, restrain him plunder, to maintain brotherhood and, as promised, and laid their lives for the House of the Immaculate, a miracle, and for the faith." And soon emerged Nizhny Novgorod militia Minin and Pozharsky.

The prince Dmitry Pozharsky was a list with the miraculous icon of Kazan. From this icon Prince troops approached the walls of the captured Poles in Moscow. In preparation for the assault, Russian troops three days fasting and praying before the icon of Our Lady of victory. Archbishop Elassonskomu (from Greece) Arsen, who was held captive by the Poles in the besieged the Kremlin, had a vision of St. Sergius of Radonezh, who said: "Arseny, our prayers are heard, the court of God, intercession of the Virgin of Homeland ultimately offer for mercy, tomorrow Moscow would be in the hands of the besiegers, and Russia saved. And as if to confirm the truth of the prophecies of the archbishop was cured from the disease.

St. Arseny announced to the Russian soldiers on the vision and the prophecy of the great saint of the Russian land, and the next day the militia knocked the Poles from China-town, and two days later was released on the Kremlin. On Sunday (October 25) Russian soldiers in procession went to the Kremlin with the miraculous manner in their hands. At Calvary, they met with the Archbishop Arseny, carrying the miraculous icon of the Vladimir Mother of God, which he kept, despite all the hardships of captivity and disease. The people were shocked by the meeting of two miracle-working icons and tearfully prayed to Heavenly Intercessor of the Russian land.

To commemorate the liberation of Moscow from the Poles established the celebration of Kazan Mother of God 22 October /4 November, and in memory of the miraculous finding of the icon - 8 /21 July. Celebration on Oct. 22 spread to Moscow, and after 1649, by order of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich, - the whole Russia. Prince Pozharsky in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary for help in the victory erected on Red Square in 1630-ies dependent for its temple of Kazan icon, where it was kept almost 300 years. In the 20 years of XX century, the temple was savagely destroyed. November 4 (22 October) in 1990 His Holiness Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II blessed the place and put him first reconstituted stone temple.

Before the battle of Poltava in 1709 by Russian Tsar Peter I with his troops prayed before the icon of Kazan Mother of God, and in 1721 suffered one of the lists of icons from Moscow to St. Petersburg was built them. In 1811, the image was placed in the newly built and consecrated the Kazan Cathedral, where he soon commander Kutuzov prayed before the Icon of the victory over the French. The holy image overhung Russian soldiers marching to the liberation of Russia from foreign invaders in 1812, and the first major victory was won on the day of the holiday icon October 22, when snow fell and a severe frost, Patroness herself came to the rescue soldiers.

By faith the Russian Orthodox Church Icon of Blessed Virgin blessed settled a shadow on the face of our motherland, forming her heavenly protection and cover. The image of the Virgin of Vladimir stores and blesses our northern borders. Smolensk and Pochaevskaya icons fenced west, and east to the edge of the earth, extends the influence of the miraculous image of the Blessed Virgin of Kazan.

In numerous lists of miraculous Kazan icon is glorified in Russia Immaculate Virgin, the patron of the Orthodox Russian people. Of the many icons of the Virgin, venerated in the Russian Orthodox Church, none distributed in so many lists, as Kazan. To her often would look up in the troubles, illnesses and hardships: "Mediatrix diligent, Mother of God Most High, for all molishi thy Son Christ our God ... grant all useful and all, save, Marian Devos: Thou eci Divine cover thy servant. " (Troparion, Tone 4 th).

Miracle list of Kazan icon is now installed in Yelokhovsky Patriarchal Cathedral of the Epiphany.

Since icons have been done a lot of copies - lists that are stored in the

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Moscow, St. Petersburg and some other cities. The original was the same, according to one version, abducted in 1904 from Kazan, but on the other - sold abroad by the Bolsheviks in the 20-ies in exchange for food.

Even in our time one of the best lists was presented to the Pope (the pontiff and give Russia). Even suspected that this was the original icon.



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According to legend, the icon of Kazan Mother of God and salvation attributed Moscow from the Nazis. In 1941, the image loaded in the plane, which flew over the capital. Documents confirming this uncharacteristic act of the Stalin era, has survived. But the legend known to many. But if such a flight and was on board was another icon.