Icons and Saints of the Eastern Orthodox
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Biblical art
Buddhist art
byzantine
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Christian art
Christian iconography
Christianity
constantinople
Crete
Divine art
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European
greek
Hindu art
iconography
illustrations
Islamic art
jesus
Jewish art
many were destroyed
medieval saints
middle ages
monastery
Mount Sinai
paintings
relics
Religious architecture
religious art
Religious artifacts
Religious beliefs
Religious ceremonies
Religious festivals
Religious iconography
Religious literature
Religious music
Religious paintings
Religious photography
Religious rituals
Religious sculptures
Renaissance
representation
Russian
Saint Catherine
Slavic
symbols
theology
virgin
visual vocabulary
Western art
worship
Product details
- ISBN 9780892368457
- Weight: 696g
- Dimensions: 137 x 200mm
- Publication Date: 12 Oct 2006
- Publisher: Getty Trust Publications
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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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.
Alfredo Tradigo is the artistic director and art critic for Famiglia Cristiana magazine and has devoted thirty years to research on Christian iconography.
