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 | | It is he who, for the first time in Rus, expounds, in a rather detailed way, the Orthodox theory of the icon (see: Icon) and the iconographical program for icon painters. |
 | | In the 16th c., a certain contribution towards the consolidation of medieval aesthetic views is made by such thinkers as Maxim Grek, Vassian Patrikeyev, Zinovij Otensky, monk Artemij, prince Andrej Kurbsky, and the Church Councils of 1551 (the so-called Stoglav) and 1554. |
 | | During this period, the sphere of the aesthetic, and primarily literature and church art, is intertwined tightly with the political, ecclesiastical and ideological struggle between various Church and state factions. |
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