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[Alexandr Korol]

“Easter icons are conventionally divided into three types: “Anastasis,” “Descent into Hell,” and “Resurrection of Christ.” The iconography of the “Anastasis” image developed by the 10th century: the icons depict Christ standing on two broken gates of hell, surrounded by souls he has led out of the underworld. In the 11th century, Western European art introduced the depiction of the “Descent into Hell,” where the Savior descends into a dark abyss, reaching out his hands to the people there.” And if you look at the black abyss, it is precisely those circles — part of the matrix, wheels, as you might call them. And that very small wheel in the background of Jesus Christ is a small cube, a small tetrahedron, a small cherub, around which, nearby, is this wheel. And it’s small because it’s a small matrix. But now, in the eighth volume, as I’m finishing it, I’m creating a large matrix where I also get the same circles as depicted here on the icon, from the smallest to the largest. So, in the second volume, I deciphered the small matrix as a detail, as a small circle, and now I’m unraveling the full large matrix. When I told Big Alexander about this, he hinted that I can be both inside the sphere and above this large sphere. And that’s exactly how it turns out: I have it inside and outside. And all these rings — this is what I’m working on in parallel, precisely on the construction, on my matrix itself.

I am reading what I found on the internet. “A less common type of icon is ‘The Resurrection of Christ,’ borrowed from the Western European tradition of the 14th century. It depicts Christ emerging from an open burial cave with a banner in his hand. However, this scene is not canonical for the Russian Orthodox Church. Usually, the image of Christ leaving the tomb is part of a more complex composition that includes the story of the Savior’s descent into hell.”