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Prayer and Mercy Orthodox icons exhibition opens in Rome

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Prayer and Mercy Orthodox icons exhibition opens in Rome


10.10.2017

Flickr/Kristina SavicRome inhabitants and city guests are invited to see Orthodox icons, RIA Novosti informs. Prayer and Mercy exhibition comprising several dozens of works by icon painters of 17 – 18th centuries are exhibited there. Exposition was refilled with two masterpieces, one of them is produced at the beginning of 20th century, and the second one is made in 21st century.

The exhibition is dedicated to 25th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Russia and the Order of Malta. It also marks 320th anniversary of the first official contacts of Russian diplomats and the island authorities.

As per the organizers, the exposition name coincides with the main topics of the exhibition. These inseparable components of the Christian spiritual life are deeply reflected in monkhood of Orthodox and Catholic churches.

The exposition will work for almost two months. It comprises icons from funds of Museum of Russian Icon and Central Andrei Rublev Museum of Ancient Russian Culture and Art. They were painted at the period when interest to Italian arts in Russia was high. The exposition includes Transfiguration icon panted in the Kremlin Armory and icons created by craftsmen from Povolzhye, Kargopol and Prikamye regions.

According to the supervisors, they brought the work by Vladimir Tatlin of 1916 Composition with Transparent Dimensions and sculpture The Mother of God The Great Panaguya by Dmitry Gutov made of metal bars.

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