stefan arteni

iconostases
a visual essay
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St Nicholas wood church, Selistea, Mehedinti county, Romania, 19th century,

photo Tetcu Mircea Rares
solinvictus press 2011
Royal Doors,
wood church,
Cazanesti,
Romania,
18th – 19th
century
http://www.monu
menteromania.r
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umente/detalii/ro
/Biserica%20de
%20lemn%20Po
gorarea%20Sf.
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Wood church, Costesti Grusetu, Romania, 18th -19th centuries, photo Alexandru Babos
Portable iconostasis and detail,
Russia, 1800
www.liveauctioneers.com/item/6869
143
Detail, portable iconostasis, Russia,
1800
www.liveauctioneers.com/item/68691
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iezer-cred...

Iezer hermitage, Romania, built in

the 16th century, rebuilt and painted
in the 18th and 19th centuries
travel.webshots.com/photo/1452460
001060052657sACaoN
 http://www.trilulilu.ro/maya2010/b5adbc8ac2c3e8

Iezer hermitage, Romania, built in the 16th century,

rebuilt and painted in the 18th and 19th centuries
picasaweb.google.com/Ecaterina.Tutu/SchitulIezerValcea
Predeal monastery,
Romania, 18th - 19th
centuries
http://www.flickr.com/pho
tos/8628950@N06/2689
379836
Portable iconostasis, detail,
Russia, 1800;
in the top tier
we see the kings David and
Salomon,
below them two Feasts:
the Cruxifiction and the
Anastasis;
under the Feasts, the Last
Supper
and the Royal Doors,
with the Annunciation
and the Four Gospelwriters
www.icons-
dullaert.nl/galery.html
Wood church, Rozavlea,
Romania, 18th century,
iconostasis painted in 1810 by
Ioan Plohod from Dragomiresti
zographer,
photo Tetcu Mircea Rares
Iconostasis Icon,
Museum
Recklinghausen,
Germany
Jgheaburi
hermitage,
Romania,
masonry
iconostasis, Ilie
from Teius and
Constantin from
Zmeurat
zographers,
1826-1828
arhitectura-
restaurare.blogsp
ot.com/2010/01/s
chitul-jgheaburi-
...
Iconostasis
Icon, Russia,
19th century,
Christie’s Sale
Icons and Artefacts
from the Orthodox
World ,
26 November, 2007
 Corbii de Piatra rock-cut church, Romania,
Stefan zographer, 1814
family.webshots.com/photo/1505969247060826
378BeZBeb
Detail, Corbii de
Piatra rock-cut
church, Romania,
Stefan zographer,
1814 )
Details, Corbii de Piatra rock-cut church, Romania,
Stefan zographer, 1814 )
http://corbiidepiatra.ro/imagini/foto/albums/00-
Main/CorbiidepiatraMonastery/
Details, Corbii de Piatra rock-cut church,
Romania, Stefan zographer, 1814 )
http://corbiidepiatra.ro/imagini/foto/albums/
00-Main/CorbiidepiatraMonastery/
Holy Archangels wood church, Rogoz, Romania, built in 1663, painted in 1785 by Radu Munteanu and Nicolae Man zographers, partially repainted in 1834
Holy Archangels wood church, Rogoz, Romania, built in 1663, painted in 1785 by Radu Munteanu and Nicolae Man zographers, partially repainted in 1834
Holy Archangels wood church, Rogoz, Romania, built in 1663, painted by Radu Munteanu and Nicolae Man
zographers in 1785, repainted partially in 1834
Iconostasis
Icon, Russia,
19th century
Wood church,
Petrindu,
Romania,
Dimitrie Ispas
from Gilau
zographer,
1835
Royal Doors, wood
church, Petrindu,
Romania, Dimitrie
Ispas from Gilau
zographer, 1835
Royal Doors,
Dormition wood
church, Ersig,
Romania,
18th century,
repainted in
1838
http://www.monu
menteromania.r
o/index.php/mon
umente/detalii/ro
/Biserica%20de
%20lemn%20Ad
ormirea%20Maic
ii%20Domnului
%20/7998
Wood church, Sinesti, 1746, partially remodeled in 1839,
photo Alexandru Babos
Detail, wood church,
Sinesti, 1746,
partially remodeled
in 1839,
photo Alexandru
Babos
Detail, wood church, Sinesti, 1746, partially remodeled in 1839, photo Alexandru Babos
Detail, wood church, Sinesti, 1746, partially remodeled in 1839, photo Alexandru Babos
 Wood church, Sinesti, 1746, partially
remodeled in 1839,
photo Ligia Rizea
(before the fire that occurred in 2002)

The back of the iconostasis as seen from

the altar, wood church, Sinesti, 1746,
partially remodeled in 1839,
photo Ligia Rizea
(before the fire that occurred in 2002)
Royal Doors, Govora
wood church,
Romania, painted by
Ioan zographer of
Teius in 1839, photo
Alexandru Babos
Deacons’
Doors,
Govora
wood
church,
Romania,
painted by
Ioan
zographer
of Teius in
1839,
photo
Alexandru
Babos
Wood church, Vingard, Romania, built in the 18th century, painted in the 19th century, destroyed by fire in 2009
http://www.monumenteromania.ro/index.php/monumente/detalii/ro/Casa/3049
Detail, wood church, Vingard, Romania, built in the 18th century, painted in the 19th century, destroyed by fire in 2009
http://www.monumenteromania.ro/index.php/monumente/detalii/ro/Casa/3049
Sfintii Voievozi (Holy Archangels) wood church, Mitrofani, Romania, early 19th century
Sfintii Voievozi
(Holy
Archangels)
wood church,
Mitrofani,
Romania,
early
19th century
Sfintii Voievozi (Holy Archangels) wood church, Mitrofani, Romania, early 19th century
Mainesti monastery, Romania, 19th century
Wood church, Pokajnica monastery, Serbia, 19th century, Constantine zographer
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jayhawk7/1842390186/
Wood church, Draghesti, Romania, 19th century, photo Tetcu Mircea Rares
Wood church, Palanga, Romania, 1847
Detail, wood
church, Palanga,
Romania, 1847
Detail, wood church, Palanga, Romania, 1847
Detail, wood church,
Palanga, Romania,
1847
Wood church, Curteana, Gorj county, Romania, 1812, painted in 1868, Rafail zographer
Royal Doors, St Nicholas
wood church, Selistea,
Mehedinti county,
Romania, 19th century,
photo Tetcu Mircea
Rares
St George wood church, Turtaba, Romania, 19th century, photo Tetcu Mircea Rares
Royal Doors, St George wood church, Turtaba, Romania, 19th century,
photo Tetcu Mircea Rares
St George wood
church, Turtaba,
Romania,
19th century,
photo Tetcu
Mircea Rares
St George wood
church, Turtaba,
Romania,
19th century,
photo Tetcu
Mircea Rares
Portable iconostasis and details, Russia,
19th century
www.liveauctioneers.com/item/5446216
Portable iconostasis, details, Russia, 19th century www.liveauctioneers.com/item/5446216
Portable iconostasis, details, Russia, 19th century www.liveauctioneers.com/item/5446216
Wood church, Sirineasa, Romania, rebuilt in 1883-1887
Sambata de Sus
monastery,
Romania, the old
church, 18th – 20th
centuries
turistinromania.wo
rdpress.com/
Sambata de Sus
monastery,
Romania, the old
church, 18th –
20th centuries
http://www.monu
menteromania.ro/
index.php/monu
mente/detalii/ro/B
iserica%20Adorm
irea%20Maicii%2
0Domnului%20a
%20manastirii%2
0Brancoveanu%
20/6303/6302
Saraca monastery, Romania, 15th-18th centuries, painted in the 18th century, remodeled in the 20th century
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/2923216
Celic-Dere monastery, Romania, built in the 20th century amfostacolo.ro/hotel.php?d=manastirea-celic-dere--manastiri-di...
 Lupsa Veche monastery, Romania, founded in the 15th century
www.plecatdeacasa.net/2010/11/manastirea-lupsa-veche-vatra-ort...
 Iezer hermitage, Romania, the new church, 20th century
picasaweb.google.com/Ecaterina.Tutu/SchitulIezerValcea
Petru Voda monastery, Romania, 20th century www.panoramio.com/photo/14825850