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Icons and Saints of the Eastern Orthodox Church

by . Tradigo

  • Bestseller
  • Paperback
  • 384 pages
  • Publisher: Getty Trust Publications
  • 14.2 x 19.9 x 2.3 cm

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An icon (from the Greek word eikon, "image") is a wooden panel painting of a holy person or scene from Orthodox Christianity, the religion of the Byzantine Empire that is practiced today mainly in Greece and Russia. It was believed that these works acted as intermediaries between worshipers and the holy personages they depicted. Their pictorial language is stylized and primarily symbolic, rather than literal and narrative. Indeed, every attitude, pose, and colour depicted in an icon has a precise meaning, and their painters - usually monks - followed prescribed models from iconographic manuals. The goal of this book is to catalogue the vast heritage of images according to iconographic type and subject, from the most ancient at the Monastery of Saint Catherine in the Sinai to those from Greece, Constantinople, and Russia. Chapters focus on the role of icons in the Orthodox liturgy and on common iconic subjects, including the fathers and saints of the Eastern Church and the life of Jesus and his followers. As with other volumes in the "Guide to Imagery Series", this book includes a wealth of color illustrations in which details are called out for discussion.This is a new title in the popular Guide "To Imagery series", and includes 400 colour illustrations; and over 380 pages.
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  • Author

    . Tradigo

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Getty Trust Publications

  • Published

    June 2006

  • Weight

    702g

  • Page Count

    384

  • Dimensions

    14.2 x 19.9 x 2.3 cm

  • ISBN

    9780892368457

  • ISBN-10

    0892368454

  • Eden Code

    1198340

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    Christine Orme

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    I bought this after one of my daughters heard a lecture from a Baptist minister who paints icons. She's an architect and so anything to do with art fascinates her and she was very animated while telling me about the talk she'd heard. I decided to buy her a book about icons, and this was the one I chose. Having seen icons in orthodox churches in Cyprus and Finland I was interested to see this book and realise what a comprehensive guide it is to the whole subject. Well worth the money for anyone who wants to know a bit more about this fascinating religious art form. Excellent balance of text and illustration.

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