A History of Icon Painting Click for Enlarged View   Author: Edited: Arch. Zaccheus (Wood) Item Number: BC003 Category: Iconography Length: 287 pages Publisher: Grand Holdings Publishers, Moscow Copyright date: 2007   Price: $39.99 USD This product usually ships on the next business day.
A major new work and one of the first published in English by Russian scholars in the post Communist era. Innovative by virtue of its completeness and encyclopedic coverage, this fundamental work covers the history of icon painting from the beginning of Christianity until the present. The individual contributors are all specialists and scholars working in museums and institutions of higher learning in contemporary Russia, and their writings are both spiritual and scholarly. The superb level of material presentation renders the book indispensable for studying many subjects, making it universally attractive for students and for a broader readership. Table of Contents: Theological Fundamentals of the Icon and Iconography; Icon painting techniques; The Byzantine Icon in the 6th to 15th centuries; The Greek icon after the fall of Byzantium; Icon in Ancient Russia, 11th to 17th Centuries; Georgian Icon in the 10th - 15th century; Icons in Serbia ,Bulgaria and Macedonia- 15th -17th centuries; Ukrainian Icon painting; The Byelorussian Icon; Icon Painting in Romania (Moldova and Walachia); Russian Icon in the 18th - to the beginning of the 20th Century; Icons of the 20th Century; Inscriptions on Icons; Chronological Table; Bibliography; List of Illustrations; Glossary. Due to book weight, standard shipping on this item is US Postal Service Media Mail with 4-5 day delivery. 2-day delivery via US Postal Service Priority Mail costs $7.75. Please indicate faster delivery if desired.
By: Benjamin Williams You won't find a single better volume on the subject! You won't, its that simple, because of the combination of indepth written treatment of the various subject areas, and the large volume and massive range of icon illustrations. Sumptuously illustrated with 500+ full color illustrations, it offers an integral picture of the artistic, cultural, aesthetic and spiritual values which icons have re?ected for many nations in different periods of history. Printed on high quality glossy paper, virtually every page contains multiple full color illustrations.