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| | Icons Online Dictionary - Coppermine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11) |
 | | In Eastern Orthodoxy, the icon is generally a flat panel painting depicting a holy being or object such as Christ, Mary, saints, angels, or the cross. |
 | | Paintings of martyrs and their feats began to appear, and early writers commented on their lifelike effect, one of the elements Christian writers most criticized in pagan art — the ability to imitate life. |
 | | Catholics traditionally have preferred images in the form of three-dimensional statuary rather than flat, painted panels; just the opposite is true of Eastern Orthodoxy, which is reluctant to use statuary and prefers the flat icon. |
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