{"id":258,"date":"2017-02-15T12:56:09","date_gmt":"2017-02-15T11:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.holyart.it\/com\/?p=258"},"modified":"2025-02-05T10:18:53","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T09:18:53","slug":"russian-painted-eggs-symbol-resurrection-christ","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.holyart.it\/com\/easter\/russian-painted-eggs-symbol-resurrection-christ\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian painted eggs: symbol of the Resurrection of Christ"},"content":{"rendered":"

The egg is always, in every culture, a symbol of life<\/strong>. The tradition of giving real eggs painted or made of various materials, is both religious and secular in all countries. It has origins in paganism: the egg as a symbol of rebirth and fertility<\/strong>, with its yellow yolk that symbolises the sun and life.<\/p>\n

The tradition has existed in Russia since ancient times and has reached levels of truly impressive artistic craftsmanship. Especially at Easter, it is a widespread custom to give painted and decorated eggs<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

It seems that this custom\u2019s origin harks back to the legend that Mary Magdalene<\/strong> came to Rome to preach the Gospel, and offered to Emperor Tiberius a red-coloured egg and said, “Christ is risen.” Since then giving painted eggs<\/strong> has become a way of celebrating the Resurrection<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Initially these were chicken eggs or eggs from other birds painted by women, but they later became true works of art<\/strong>. The most striking case is undoubtedly that of the imperial Faberg\u00e9<\/strong> eggs<\/strong>, real jewels enriched with precious stones, varnish, diamonds, and pearls, made from its homonymous company and donated by the last Tsar of Russia to the women of the imperial family.<\/p>\n

Even the traditional Russian painted eggs<\/a><\/strong><\/span> have always been very popular. Usually made of wood, but also with other materials that are can be precious, or even humble, like papier-m\u00e2ch\u00e9, have difficulty not indifferent to their form, on which is not easy to paint, which is what makes them so special.<\/p>\n

The best icon painters and Russian miniaturists<\/strong> ventured in the difficult art of painted Russian eggs by using a magnifying glass and a single bristle brush for the details of faces and detailed environments in surprising ways.<\/p>\n

In more recent times, some artists have chosen to use the decoupage technique on Russian painted eggs<\/strong>, by applying silkscreen icons<\/strong> onto the surface of the egg.<\/p>\n

Russian painted eggs<\/strong>\u2019 decoration follows a precise colour and symbol code. The subjects are the same as those reproduced on Russian icons, with a particular occurrence of the figure of the Virgin and Christ the Resurrected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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