Russian Icons, 14th-16th Centuries: The History Museum, Moscow
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
5730000200
ISBN 13
9785730000209
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Publication Year
1988
Publisher
Pages
127
Description
The Russian icon constitutes one of the most fascinating pages in the history of world art. It is replete with wisdom and poetry, intensive spiritual searching and inspired revelations. The creators of Russian icons came up with a most forcible argument in favor of magnitude, beauty and harmony in the world. This lavish book presents 113 large format reproductions of Russian icons from the collection of the Moscow History Museum (one of the most famous Russian museums), accompanied by a detailed introduction, descriptions, notes, and a selected bibliography. The iconographic material has been arranged into the following sections: The Novgorod School; The Moscow School; The Pskov School; Art Tradition of Central Russia; Art Tradition of Northern Russia; Byzantine, Late Greek and Balkan Art Traditions. - from Amzon
Number of Copies
1
