Original artwork description:

"Palm Sunday" is a Romanian traditional icons painted on glass (reverse side technique) framed in wooden frame, also painted and varnish.
Icon represents scene of Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem. Jesus riding on a donkey blessing followed by the apostles. The chromatic of colors: gold, red, blue, ocher, white, turquoise, brown, light blue.
Painting icons on glass is a traditional Romanian activity. Folk icons on glass are painted on the reverse side of the glass. First, the outlines are drawn with black ink. Then each area is filled with tempera or oil colors. This has been a Romanian folk tradition since the 18th century. In our villages, the knowledge is passed from generation to generation, from parents to children. Many artists remain anonymous. These icons are primitive,colorful, glamorous - and very modern as a plastic conception.
A „definition” of the glass icon says that it has to be done according to a model (izvod). It usually has no anatomical proportions, but balanced chromatic patterns . The models currently used are 200-300 years old.
The writing is Cyrillic. There are several elements of a typical icon on glass: it represents a character or more, the remaining space is filled with flowers borders, rope borders, or stars borders.

Materials used:

glass, wood, oil colors, acrylic, gloss varnish for wood, gold leaf

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