Ikona czy obraz sakralny? Pisać czy malować? – kilka dylematów słownych wokół pojęć związanych ze sztuką prawosławną w Polsce

• Authors: Aleksandra Michalska

Title variants

EN

Icon or Sacred Image? Write or Paint? – a Few Verbal Dilemmas Around Concepts Related to Orthodox Art in Poland

Abstracts

EN

The first and especially the second decade of the 21st century resulted in the creation of many iconographic schools in Poland. These were schools of various ranges, in different regions and addressed to various groups of people. They developed in a formally regulated manner in secular and ecclesial institutions, but also in private art studios or parishes. Depending on the experience and educational background of the teacher, icon writing can be a science consistent with canon and developed on the basis of the Orthodox religion it can deviate significantly from the models adopted in that culture. There are also innovative tendencies in the iconography represented by theologically aware artists. All of them, however, are united by the fact that there is a dispute over the Polish nomenclature of activities related to making icons. One basic linguistical dilemma among theorists is whether we should use the term „to write an icon”. The word „icon-writer” already exists in the Dictionary of the Polish Language, but „icon-writing” is replaced with „iconography” or „icon painting”. Is the reference to „Russianism” or „Greekism” in this case justification for not introducing the word „icon-writing” into the formal circulation as well? And so what about the use of the word „icon”, which in Greek means „a picture”? Being aware of the complexity of the problem, I would like to outline the lexical dilemmas related to the spreading of the art of creating icons in Poland, recalling the theological dimension of icons in cultural context.

Keywords

PL

ikona; ikonopisanie; obraz sakralny; sztuka prawosławna; teologia ikony

EN

icon; sacred image; icon painting; icon writing; Orthodox art

• Publisher: Akademia Supraska
• Journal: Latopisy Akademii Supraskiej
• Year: 2021
• Volume: Obraz - Słowo - Litera
• Issue: 12
• Pages: 147-159

Dates

published

2021

Contributors

author

Aleksandra Michalska

Identifiers

Biblioteka Nauki

2170001