The frame of an icon can carry inscriptions, prayers, or scenes from the life of the depicted saint. Unlike a traditional western painting where the frame is merely an added adornment, a second entity, the frame of the icon, is made of the same wood, an integral part of the main image. Boards were taken from the section closest to the center of the tree to give the greatest solidity, size [if required), and strength. Boards were cut from the thickest point of the tree after the trunk had been split along the grain. Pine with low resinous content could also be used. It must be made of a sturdy non-resinous wood such as oak, beech, ash, birch or cypress. Selection of the wood is of vital importance. Icons are made in a variety of media including bas-relief, mosaic, fresco, and even oil on canvas however, the primary medium has been and remains egg tempera on wood panel. Preparing to paint an icon is like preparing to celebrate the Holy Liturgy». You paint it in the same way you prepare for a church service, with prayer and fasting. «To make an icon is the fulfillment of prayer», – states Father Zinon, a monk and iconographer from the Monastery of the Caves near Pskov. The hours of preparation of the physical icon are daunting, which does not include the time of preparation required of the iconographer himself. The creation of an icon is a long and laborious task that is often overlooked by its simplistic appearance. Keywords: cultural science, research, study of art, theology This paper aims to answer the question whether the people who paint Russian icons are artists or craft-workers. Icons occupy a realm of their own, a realm between matter and spirit. Dionysus Aeropagite, «visible images of mysterious and invisible things». Icons are, according to the fifth century writer St. The power of the icon derives from its theological importance as a window, or point of entry, into the world of the spirit. What makes this art alive and profound, and not simply a static, conservative form of painting that adheres to a strict formula, is the nature of the relationship between the believer and the image. Without an understanding of the religious function of these painted images, icons lose much of their significance. The article contains the results of the research of the reasons that can be found in the theological role that icons play in the Church.
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