Early Russian Art and Icons

• The State Hermitage--Icons of Old Russia: 13th-17th cc.

Highlights of the Hermitage's icon collection.  This site gives brief information on its acquisition of certain icons, along with individual enlarged images and descriptions.

• Icons from Rollins University

A comprehensive and thoroughly well-designed site on icons.  If you only search one page, this should be it!  Convenient links to information on history, individual painters, schools and subject matter of icon painting.  Images enlarge to almost full-page, and are good quality.

• Early Russian Orthodox Art

Interesting textual information on the history of the Orthodox Church, with links to photos of historic churches.  Unfortunately, no icon images here.

• Index of Russian Icons

81 images of icons from various periods in history from Auburn University. .  While no textual information is present, the images are of good quality, and are accompanied by name, date, and place.

• Icons: Windows into Heaven

A creative site using a few very characteristic icons to trace the history of icons.  Unfortunately, the images do not enlarge, but are added as visual aids for the historical texts.  There are also some interesting links on this site, including a detailed description of how to create your own icons--from beginning to end!

• Icon Images Sorted by Dates

A convenient search list of dates from the 11th-18th cc., with icon subjects listed as well (below).  Images are fair quality, load rather slowly, but can be enlarged.

• Icon Images Sorted by Subject

A listing of icons by subject matter, with several icons from different periods listed (for example: 10 different of St. George).  Images are only fair quality, but can be enlarged.

• Icons from Orthodox Christian Fellowship

Some more icon images to look at and enlarge.  Quality of images is good, but textual information on the icons themselves is absent.

• 24 Russian Icon Images

More images here, but with no textual information.  The images are of good quality, and enlarge to full page size.

• The Old Testament Trinity by Andrei Rublev

A full-page image of one of Rublev's most famous icons.  Quality is good, but no text.

• An Iconostasis at Novodevichii Monastery

A photo of an iconostasis at one the most famous monasteries in Moscow.