The iconic language, in art, is the particular language that, using a whole series of symbols, expresses the message the icono wants to convey to the faithful who contemplates it. It does not change over time. It is found in Byzantine art.
In the Orthodox religion, the icon more than an art object is prayer itself, and it has the function of fixing in the eyes of the faithful the same truths of faith that they could acquire through listening to or reading the Sacred Scriptures .
The language of the icons is expressed through a whole series of symbols, which can be discovered through the contemplation of the icon itself, and is expressed by posture, attitudes, dress and background colors.
So red is the symbol of passion, human, blue is the symbol of the divine, golden color is a symbol of royalty while green is the symbol of youth, vitality and the human.
Then look at an icon representing the Virgin Mary, wearing a red tunic and covered with a blue mantle, means that it is a human creature that was later divinized.
Christ is often represented with a red tunic and a blue mantle, since it is God himself who has assumed a human nature.
In the famous icon of the Trinity of Moscow attributed to Andrej Rublev of 1411, which represents three figures piled around a table with a goblet in the center, the Holy Spirit is depicted in a green mantle, which is the color of the Spirit of the Giver of life. Bibliografiamodifica wikitesto
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