| #1612095 in eBooks | 2015-09-15 | 2015-09-15 | File type: PDF||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| Finally!|By Turpenstein|I am a fledgling iconographer and have been searching for a book with large color plates of a wide variety of icons. This is it. Absolutely beautiful color plates and huge pages, plus historical context. Worth every cent and every day of waiting. In the absence of being able to study real icons face-to-face I cannot imagine a better alternative. About the Author|Nikodim Pavlovich Kondakov was an art historian specialised in Russian culture and history. His extensive research on Russian Orthodox culture lead him to become the eminent specialist of Christian iconography. A true man of science, he was ofte
Icon painting has reached its zenith in Ukraine between the 11th and 18th centuries. This art is appealing because of its great openness to other influences – the obedience to the rules of Orthodox Christianity in its early stages, the borrowing from Roman heritage or later to the Western breakthroughs – combined with a never compromised assertion of a distinctly Slavic soul and identity. This book presents a handpicked and representative selection of wo...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Icons | Nikodim Pavlovich Kondakov. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.
