Icons. Art and Devotion

Bracken Books, 1993.

Item #30368
ISBN: 1858911079

Hardcover, dustjacket, 144 pp.

Introduction T. Talbot Rice
Icons were among the fist religious objects objects brought into Russia from byantuium at a time when Christian art was already highly developed . Although the art of the icon 9the sacred picture of the greek Orthodox church) could be said to have reached perfection in the Byzantine world, the Russians , new national complexion and produce some of the finest examples of art . Icons were first produced for use in churches and processions . As their size becane smaller , so demand for them as religious household objects grew . They have remained an important feature in Russia's orthodox religious cultures to this day. The 65 plates in this book show work as beautiful as that of the greatest italian primitives. The icons date from the 14th to 17th centuries , many belong to the Scool of novgorod , once the culture of Russia Other soures included the renowned schools of Rublev and dionysus.

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