Tamara Talbot Rice

Russian Icons

London: Spring Books, 1963.

Used.

Item #5198

Hardcover, dust jacket
48 pp., iluustrated

It is well illustrated and written with an informed academic and energetic style. The author provides a brief 25-page essay as in introduction to iconography as both an art and mode of religious life. A synthesis of Historic fact and religious truth converge providing a fair, although brief explanation of the purpose and idea expressed in Icons as understood by the Eastern Orthodox Church. Adequate details are given for key writers of Icons in their historic setting, shaped by the political and religious culture in medieval Russia, so as to offer the reader a candid experience without becoming a laborious and dry exposition. After the essay, several pages are devoted to providing a brief description of each of the 48 color plates. In my opinion, the quality of the Icon photographs is very nice and would justify the acquisition of this book. For anyone interested in writing Icons, Rice also gives a glimpse into the materials and techniques used by the various regions and schools of Iconographers.

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