Icon depicting St. Nicholas in episcopal vestments, who blesses with his right hand and holds the Gospel in his left.
Material / technique: wood / levkas / tempera / silvering /
Sizes: 98 x 76.5 cm
The artifact was made by one of the Kyiv Master goldsmiths, Master Byshevs′kyǐ, for an unknown marriage around 1857. This crown was made for the crowning ceremony of Eastern Christian wedding tradition. The crown of marriage would be placed on the groom's head, with a similar one for the bride, to signify Jesus Christ’s victory over sin, evil, and death. This ceremony would typically have friends, family, and clergy members in attendance and involve prayers and hymns. “An Explanation of the Crowning Ceremony.” Melkite Eparchy of Newton, https://melkite.org/faith/faith-worship/an-explanation-of-the-crowning-ceremony.
A photograph of a ballerina. Part of the project "Kharkiv through the Art lens," created with the support of the Department of Investment Development and City Image Projects of the Kharkiv City Council, in partnership with the Kharkiv State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre.
The plate is painted with blue, yellow and green colors on a gray background. In the center, the circle is framed with blue paint. On the bottom of the plate around the circle in larger triangles are placed smaller triangles of blue, yellow and green colors. Between them are circles, which are divided into two halves and filled with an ornament. Semicircles with curls inside are placed between larger rhombuses. The sides of the plate are decorated with a row of green teeth.
