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| #568410 in Books | Size: 12.5 cm's Width x 18 cm's Height | Color: Multi Coloured- Vintage | 2007-09-30 | 2007-08-20 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | .80 x8.90 x8.62l,1.70 | File type: PDF | 144 pages | Vintage replica | Wooden | Old World Style | Religious Prints | Hook Available||28 of 29 people found the following review helpful.| Better than anticipated|By Myron A. Skulas|At first I thought that it would be a rather dry and oh-so-British treatise on the icons "procured" by the British museums system, and a rather bland review of them. I found though, that it was a well written compendium on the subject written for the non-Orthodox and Orthodox reader alike. Beautiful photography of the icons, and an|About the Author|Robin Cormack is a Professor Emeritus of Art History at the Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London. He is an editor for the Oxford Handbook of Byzantine Studies, and has written many books, including Byzantine Art.
Byzantine and Russian Orthodox icons are perhaps the most enduring form of religious art ever developed--and one of the most mysterious. This book, featuring the painted panels made for churches and for prayer at home, provides an accessible guide to their story and power. Illustrated mostly with Cretan, Greek, and Russian examples from the British Museum, which houses Britain's most important collection of icons, the book examines icons in the context of the history...
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