ICON (through the Latinized form, fro...
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V14,
Page 271
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
See also:ICON (through the Latinized See also:form, from Gr. eixiav, portrait, See also:image)
, generally any See also:image or portrait-figure, but specially the See also:term applied to the representations in the Eastern See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church of sacred personages, whether in See also:painting or See also:sculpture, and particularly to the small See also:- METAL
- METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)
metal plaques in archaic See also:Byzantine See also:style, venerated by the adherents of the See also:Greek Church
.
See See also:ICONOCLASTS; IMAGE-See also:WORSHIP; BYZANTINE See also:ART
.
The term " iconography," once confined to the study of engravings (q.v.), is now applied to the See also:history of portrait images in See also:Christian art, though it is also used with a qualifying See also:adjective of Greek, See also:Roman and other art
.
End of Article: ICON (through the Latinized form, from Gr. eixiav, portrait, image)
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