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For graphical computer icons see Category:Icons .

In art, the term Icon (from Greek εικων, eikon, "image") commonly refers to religious paintings in Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern-rite Catholic jurisdictions. In churches, icons are commonly displayed on an iconostasis .

In a broader sense, icons are artistic visual representations or symbols of anything considered holy and divine, such as God, saints or deities. An icon could be a painting (including relief painting), sculpture, or mosaic, but usually it is tempera on the wood plank.

The Iconostasis 17th/18th cent, Historic Museum in Sanok, Poland

Iconostasis

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Main gallery: Iconostasis .

Riza

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Main category: Riza

Types

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Сondition

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Encaustic icons

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Byzantine icons

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Main category: Byzantine icons

Bulgarian icons

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Greek icons

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Main category: Icons of Greece

Cretan school

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Russian icons

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Main category: Icons of Russia

Early Russian icons

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XIII century

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Classical russian icons

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Moscow school

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Novgorod school

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Pskov school

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Tver school

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Icons after XVII c.

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Icons of XVII c.

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Icons of XVIII c.

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Russian icons of XIX c.

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Russian icons of XX c.

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Ukrainian icons

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Main category: Icons of Ukraine

Icons of Poland

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Main category: Icons of Poland

Icons of Serbia

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Main category: Icons of Serbia

Coptic icons

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Main category: Coptic icons