Iconography, njengayiphi na indlela yokudweba, inemithetho yayo kunye nemigaqo ethile yokumela abangcwele. Olu hlobo lohlobo lulolu hlobo olulondolozayo, kwaye umbhali akakwazi ukuzisa uhlobo oluthile lwesifo. Nangona kunjalo, phakathi kweemifanekiso ezininzi unokufumana iimpawu ezininzi ezineempawu ezicacileyo. Isithonjana seOthodoki "iNtsapho engcwele" sinentsingiselo efanayo.
Kuyafaneleka ukuba uqaphele ukuba lo mfanekiso awunakunakunyiswa ngecawa , yingakho idlalwa ngokuphindaphindiweyo umfanekiso obhalwe kwisitayela secawa. Ingakumbi uhloniphe le icon kwiSirayeli, apho ifunyanwa phantse zonke iithempelini, kwaye unokuyithenga kuyo nayiphi na isitolo.
Inentsingiselo nomthandazo we icon "yeNtsapho engcwele"
Okokuqala, makhe sixoxe ngesizathu sokuba umfanekiso awufuni ukulungiswa, kuba le nto ibalulekileyo ulwazi. Isigqibo esinjalo asidibaniswanga kuphela ngokuphambuka kwindlela yokusebenza, kodwa ngobunjalo ngokwalo. Into leyo kukuba kwi-icon yaseSt. Joseph yenza iVilgin isandla esinye phezu kwamahlombe, ngelixa elinye limbamba ngesandla. Iinkcukacha ezinjalo ziqwalaselwa ngababingeleli abaninzi njengeliso lobudlelwane be-conjugal phakathi kwabo, e-Orthodoxy engavumelekanga. IVangeli ithi ubudlelwane phakathi kweNtombi uMariya noYosefu bunjenge-patronage kunomtshato oqhelekileyo.
Ukuqonda intsingiselo, kunye nento ekunceda i-icon ethi "Intsapho engcwele" ifanelekile ukuthetha ukuba umfanekiso uthathwa njengomntu onamandla onentsapho kunye nomtshato. Kunconywa ukuba unobonakaliso olunjalo bendlu kubantu abangathanda ukomeleza unxibelelwano phakathi kwamalungu entsapho, ukulahla ukungaboni kakuhle nokubuyisela uthando . Omnye umfanekiso unceda ukubuyisela amatyala kunye nenhlonipho kumntu ongekho sikweni. Ngaphambi kokuba uphawu luthandazele aboni kunye namabanjwa.
Ukubaluleka kwayo isithonjana seOthodoki esithi "Imisebenzi Yengcwele Yentsapho", ebhaliwe kungekudala ngowe-1923. Imifanekiso ebhaliweyo i-ascetic kwaye igxininisa, kodwa isiseko sasikuthatha ibali elingalindelekanga. I icon ibonisa abantu abathathu: iNtombi uMariya, uYesu noSt. Joseph, esebenza kwiworkshop yomchweli. Kukholelwa ukuba umfanekiso uboniswa ngokucacileyo ngumxholo, uchaza ubuncinane beminyaka yomntwana kaThixo. Le icon ibizwa ngokuthi ihlaziywe, oko kukuthi, umsebenzi wayo oyintloko kukuba ulungelelanise neyona nyaniso. Kukho amanye amagama kule icon, umzekelo, "INtsapho engcwele ingumfundisi wabasebenzi." Ngomfanekiso weTheotokos, isigqubuthelo seThempeli laseYerusalem sijikeleza, uYesu usebenza ne-chisel, kwaye uSt. Joseph usika ibhodi.