Add this copy of Ikona I Blagochestiye: Ocherki Ikonnogo Dela V to cart. $131.25, very good condition, Sold by Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Marietta, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1995 by Progress-Kultura.
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NF (but with museum ex-lib. book plate inside front cover) in NF jacket. Cherry red cloth with gold Cyrillic lettering; color-illustrated dj with white Cyrillic lettering on spine; 495 pp. with color and bw images throughout. Text in Russian with one-page English summary in back. Section headings include: Icons and the World; Arguing about Symbols-Arguing about Faith; Visage and Face; Word, Emblem, Heraldry; and The Halted Middle Ages. An unusual, culturalogical approach to icon study. The book also delves into the icon painters' mode of life, fashions and language in creations. "Oriental" and Western traditions are compared. The final section, Icons and Popular Paintings, studies the popularity of iconography in prints, posters and avant-garde artifacts.
