Author: Sotheby & Co. (London, England)
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 80
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Catalogues of Sale
Author: Sotheby & Co. (London, England)
Publisher:
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 80
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 80
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Catalogue of Greek Icons
Author: Sotheby & Co. (Firm)
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Category : Icons
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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Category : Icons
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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Greek and Russian Icons and Other Liturgical Objects in the Collection of Mr. Charles Bolles Rogers
Author: A. Dean McKenzie
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 88
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 88
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Icons and Saints of the Eastern Orthodox Church
Author: Alfredo Tradigo
Publisher: Getty Publications
ISBN: 9780892368457
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
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 color 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.
Publisher: Getty Publications
ISBN: 9780892368457
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
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 color 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.
The Connoisseur
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 384
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 384
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Icons in Time, Persons in Eternity
Author: Dr C A Tsakiridou
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN: 1409472337
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 630
Book Description
Icons in Time, Persons in Eternity presents a critical, interdisciplinary examination of contemporary theological and philosophical studies of the Christian image and redefines this within the Orthodox tradition by exploring the ontological and aesthetic implications of Orthodox ascetic and mystical theology. It finds Modernist interest in the aesthetic peculiarity of icons significant, and essential for re-evaluating their relationship to non-representational art. Drawing on classical Greek art criticism, Byzantine ekphraseis and hymnography, and the theologies of St. Maximus the Confessor, St. Symeon the New Theologian and St. Gregory Palamas, the author argues that the ancient Greek concept of enargeia best conveys the expression of theophany and theosis in art. The qualities that define enargeia - inherent liveliness, expressive autonomy and self-subsisting form - are identified in exemplary Greek and Russian icons and considered in the context of the hesychastic theology that lies at the heart of Orthodox Christianity. An Orthodox aesthetics is thus outlined that recognizes the transcendent being of art and is open to dialogue with diverse pictorial and iconographic traditions. An examination of Ch’an (Zen) art theory and a comparison of icons with paintings by Wassily Kandinsky, Pablo Picasso, Mark Rothko and Marc Chagall, and by Japanese artists influenced by Zen Buddhism, reveal intriguing points of convergence and difference. The reader will find in these pages reasons to reconcile Modernism with the Christian image and Orthodox tradition with creative form in art.
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN: 1409472337
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 630
Book Description
Icons in Time, Persons in Eternity presents a critical, interdisciplinary examination of contemporary theological and philosophical studies of the Christian image and redefines this within the Orthodox tradition by exploring the ontological and aesthetic implications of Orthodox ascetic and mystical theology. It finds Modernist interest in the aesthetic peculiarity of icons significant, and essential for re-evaluating their relationship to non-representational art. Drawing on classical Greek art criticism, Byzantine ekphraseis and hymnography, and the theologies of St. Maximus the Confessor, St. Symeon the New Theologian and St. Gregory Palamas, the author argues that the ancient Greek concept of enargeia best conveys the expression of theophany and theosis in art. The qualities that define enargeia - inherent liveliness, expressive autonomy and self-subsisting form - are identified in exemplary Greek and Russian icons and considered in the context of the hesychastic theology that lies at the heart of Orthodox Christianity. An Orthodox aesthetics is thus outlined that recognizes the transcendent being of art and is open to dialogue with diverse pictorial and iconographic traditions. An examination of Ch’an (Zen) art theory and a comparison of icons with paintings by Wassily Kandinsky, Pablo Picasso, Mark Rothko and Marc Chagall, and by Japanese artists influenced by Zen Buddhism, reveal intriguing points of convergence and difference. The reader will find in these pages reasons to reconcile Modernism with the Christian image and Orthodox tradition with creative form in art.
Library of Congress Catalog
Author: Library of Congress
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Category : Subject catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 640
Book Description
A cumulative list of works represented by Library of Congress printed cards.
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Category : Subject catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 640
Book Description
A cumulative list of works represented by Library of Congress printed cards.
Catalogue of the Harvard University Fine Arts Library, The Fogg Art Museum
Author: Harvard University. Fine Arts Library
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 762
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 762
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Icons
Author: Nikodim Pavlovich Kondakov
Publisher: Parkstone International
ISBN: 1780429258
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
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 works from the 11th century to the late Baroque period.
Publisher: Parkstone International
ISBN: 1780429258
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
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 works from the 11th century to the late Baroque period.
Annual Report of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Author: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1208
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Languages : en
Pages : 1208
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