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 Translation for 'iconostasis' from English to French
NOUN   an iconostasis | iconostases
arch.artsrelig.
iconostase {f}
iconostasis [wall of icons and religious paintings­, separating the nave from the sanctuary in a church]
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Usage Examples English
  • The Ukrainian renaissance and baroque periods are represented by the works of Ivan Rutkovych (the Zhovkva iconostasis of the 17th century) and Jov Kondzelevich (the Bogorodchansky iconostasis, 1698–1705).
  • His greatest work was the iconostasis of the church in Vršac and Bela Crkva from around 1792.
  • The cathedral's architecture also features a unique iconostasis (the screen which separates the nave of the church from the sanctuary).
  • An integral part of the iconostasis are the royal doors.
  • He painted the iconostasis of the churches of Hodegetria and Agios Nikolaos of Geronton, as well as the iconostasis of Agios Nikolaos in 1815.

  • Among the works painted by Aleksije Lazović is the iconostasis of the Church of the Dormition-of-the-Mother-of-God at the Reževići Monastery, near Petrovac na Moru or the Uspanie Bogomatere Church in Šibenik, Croatia.
  • One of his earliest work was the iconostasis in Grgeteg Monastery (1774) which was in 1902 replaced with the iconostasis done by Uroš Predić.
  • Separation of the nave from the altar is made by a wooden iconostasis. The iconostasis is carved in linden wood, in the Brâncovenesc style.
  • There is an iconostasis consisting of about 50 icons painted by the masters of Zhovkva Painting and Carving School of Ivan Rutkovych in the beginning of 18th century.
  • He worked mostly iconostasis, murals and portraits.

  • The iconostasis was placed in front of the altar in 1795.
  • The church was looted in 1922 and lost its iconostasis; existing iconostasis comes from a church in Preobrazhenskoye that was demolished in the 1960s.
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