Tuminskaia O. A. Iconography of Saints in Two Kinds of Spiritual Ascesis: Reverends and Fools in Christ

(The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg City)

Abstract ◊ The article covers the iconography of saints, who were simultaneously reverends and God’s fools. Reverend fools in Christ are presented as monks in icons. Christian icons represent hermits and fools for God’s sake naked and seminude quite often, therefore reverend desert inhabitants are visually close to the image of God’s fools.

Keywords: iconography, reverends, fools in Christ, anchorets, attires of monks, nakedness of the blessed ones.

Tuminskaia Olga Anatolievna, Candidate of Science (art criticism), senior researcher of the Aesthetic Education Sector at the State Russian Museum. Tel.: +7 (812) 595-42-41. E-mail: touminskaya@mail.ru

Citation: Tuminskaia O. A. Ikonografiia sviatykh v dvukh vidakh dukhovnoi askezy: prepodobnye i iurodivye // Znanie. Ponimanie. Umenie. 2012. № 1. S. 87–92.

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