ISBN10: 0892368454, ISBN13: 9780892368457, [publisher: Getty Trust Publications] Softcover Condition: Very Good, Pages: 384, Size: 20x14.9x2.2
[Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2006]

ISBN10: 0892368454, ISBN13: 9780892368457, [publisher: Getty Trust Publications, Santa Monica CA] Softcover Paperback. 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. Catalogues the heritage of images according to ...
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ISBN10: 0892368454, ISBN13: 9780892368457, [publisher: Getty Publications] Softcover 2006. Paperback. Catalogues the heritage of images according to type and subject, from the ancient at the Monastery of Saint Catherine in the Sinai to those from Greece, Constantinople, and Russia. This book includes chapters such as role of icons in the Orthodox liturgy and on common iconic subjects, including the fathers and saints of the Eastern Church. Num Pages: 384 pages, 400 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AGR; HRCC8. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 136 x 25. Weight in Grams: 710. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.
[Olney, MD, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2006]

ISBN10: 0892368454, ISBN13: 9780892368457, [publisher: Getty Trust Publications] Softcover Catalogues the heritage of images according to type and subject, from the ancient at the Monastery of Saint Catherine in the Sinai to those from Greece, Constantinople, and Russia. This book includes chapters such as role of icons in the Orthodox liturgy an.
[Greven, Germany] [Publication Year: 2006]
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Paperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Catalogues the heritage of images according to type and subject, from the ancient at the Monastery of Saint Catherine in the Sinai to those from Greece, Constantinople, and Russia. This book includes chapters such as role of icons in th ISBN 0892368454 9780892368457 [GB]

ISBN10: 0892368454, ISBN13: 9780892368457, [publisher: Okt 2006] Softcover Neuware - 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 worshipersand the holy personages they depicted. Their pictorial language is stylized and primarily symbolic, rather than literal and narrative. Indeed, every attitude, pose, and color depicted in an icon has a precise meaning, and their painters--usually monks--followed prescribed models from iconographicmanuals. 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 oncommon 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.
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ISBN10: 0892368454, ISBN13: 9780892368457, [publisher: Getty Trust Publications, Santa Monica CA] Softcover Paperback. 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. Catalogues the heritage of images according to ...
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