History of Icons
The people against icons
True or False: Evil is represented in icons.
The color that represents purity.
What is white?
The number that represents perfection.
What is seven?
The brazen serpent of the Old Testament represented this symbol.
The period of art in the 1500s that influenced Coptic icons.
What is the Renaissance?
The name of the halo around a saint in an icon.
What is a nimbus?
The color of the martyrs as well as Christ.
What is scarlet/red?
This number represents the tribes of Israel, the disciples of Christ, and the doors of heaven.
What is twelve?
The Lord fed the multitudes this food as well as bread, signifying He is the Bread of Life.
What is fish?
The period of icons in the 1st-2nd Century.
What is the Period of Symbols?
The type of paint used is mixed with water and vinegar for preservation.
What is egg tempera?
The color that mostly makes up the bosom of the altar and represents the heavenly life
What is blue?
Baby boys were circumcised on the _____ day in the Old Testament.
What is 8th?
This symbol stresses the importance of fasting and praying, as without both, you cannot reach heaven.
What is the bird?
The art Isaac Fanous was inspired by.
What is pharaonic art?
True or False: We do not worship the Icon’s materials, but God who is represented by the Icon.
What is True?
This symbol appears on the icon of the Annuciation of Saint Mary as well as the Lord's baptism.
What is a dove?
The council that led to a rise in iconography.
What is the 8th Ecumenical Council?
What is Stefan Rene?
This symbol represents faithful people led by the Good Shepherd?
What is the lamb?