Icon and Devotion
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aesthetics
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federation
historical contexts
holy
icon-making
icons
idealized images
illustrated works
illustrations
imperial
imperialism
making
meaning
old believers
orthodox church
paintings
religion
religious study
russia
russian culture
sacred spaces
slavic studies
social representations
spirituality
theological considerations
theology
wonder-working saints
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Product details
- ISBN 9781861891181
- Dimensions: 225 x 178mm
- Publication Date: 10 Feb 2002
- Publisher: Reaktion Books
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Icon and Devotion is the first extensive presentation in English of the making and meaning of Russian icons. The craft of icon-making is set into the context of forms of worship that emerged in the Russian Orthodox Church in the mid-seventeenth century. Oleg Tarasov shows how icons have held a special place in Russian consciousness because they represented idealised images of Holy Russia. He also looks closely at how and why icons were made. Wonder-working saints and the leaders of such religious schisms as the Old Believers appear in these pages, which are illustrated with miniature paintings, lithographs and engravings never before published in the English-speaking world.
By tracing the artistic vocabulary, techniques and working methods of icon painters, Tarasov shows how icons have been integral to the history of Russian art, influenced by folk and mainstream currents alike. As well as articulating the specifically Russian piety they invoke, he analyzes the significance of icons in the cultural life of modern Russia in the context of popular prints and poster design.
Oleg Tarasov is Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Cultural History of the Institute of Slavic Studies (Russian Academy of Sciences), Moscow. He is the author of Icon and Devotion (2002) and Framing Russian Art (2011), both published by Reaktion Books.
