Icoae mi
1850
From the collection of "Dimitrie Gusti" National Village Museum
1850
From the collection of "Dimitrie Gusti" National Village Museum
Dominant colour
Icoae mi is a 1850 by Unknown, depicting halo, held at "Dimitrie Gusti" National Village Museum.
This painting shows a serious-looking man in bright orange robes and a green cloak. He’s holding a book with writing on it and has a golden halo around his head. Behind him, two smaller figures in blue robes stand on clouds, looking down. The man’s robe has a simple cross stitched on it, and his book has some writing in a language that looks like Cyrillic. The colors are flat and bold, with no shading to make things look real. If you like this style, look up cross-hatching next—it’s a drawing technique that uses lots of parallel lines.
