Icons 120 illustrations

By Lyudmila Milyayeva

This book analyses the evolution of iconic art from its beginning in Byzantium to the time of the Russian Empire. Icons are a fundamental element in the history of art, and it is therefore crucial to understand how this form of expression began and how it developed over centuries. Icons are discussed by one of the world-renowned experts on early Christian iconography, offering a valuable point of reference for specialists, as well as students.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Parkstone International
• Release date: Dec 5, 2022
• ISBN: 9781781608517

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Lyudmila Milyayeva

ICONS

120 illustrations

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© 2022, Parkstone Press USA, New York

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Unless otherwise specified, copyright on the works reproduced lies with the respective photographers. Despite intensive research, it has not always been possible to establish copyright ownership. Where this is the case, we would appreciate notification.

ISBN: 978-1-78160-851-7

Contents

FROM THE ELEVENTH TO THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

A

A male and a female martyr

Abraham Entertaining the Three Angels (Trinity Icon)

C

Christ Before Herod

Christ Before Pilate

Christ in Majesty

Christ in the House of Mary and Martha

Christ of the Vine

Christ Pantocrator

Christ Pantocrator

Christ Pantocrator

D

Deesis

Deesis

Deesis

Denys, the Great Prophets Daniel, Jeremiah and Jessaia

M

Menologion of the Month of February

R

Royal Doors

St Anne

St George

St George on the Horse and Scenes from His Life

St John Chrysostom (from the Deesis)

St John the Baptist

St John the Baptist

St John the Baptist (from the Deesis)

St John the Evangelist and Prochorus

St Juliana

St Luke the Evangelist

St Luke the Evangelist

St Mark the Evangelist

St Matthew the Evangelist

St Nicetas and the Demon

St Nicholas of Myra

St Nicolas and scenes of his life

St Paraskieva and Saint Barbara

St Peter

St Sergius and Saint Bacchus

Sts Blase and Spiridon with the Herd

Sts Vladimir, Boris and Gleb

T

The Adoration of the Magi

The Annunciation

The Annunciation and the Conception of St Anne

The Apostle Paul (from the Deesis)

The Apostle Peter

The Apostle Peter

The Apostle Peter and the Virgin

The Apostle Philip

The Apostle Thomas

The Apostles Simon and Bartholomew

The Appearance of Christ to Mary Magdalene

The Archangel Gabriel

The Archangel Gabriel

The Archangel Gabriel (from the Deesis)

The Archangel Gabriel (The Angel with the Golden Hair)

The Archangel Michael

The Archangel Michael (from the Deesis)

The Archangel Michael with Scenes of his Deeds

The Ascension

The Ascension

The Baptism of Christ

The Baptism of Christ

The Baptism of Christ

The Crucifixion

The Crucifixion

The Crucifixion, with a Portrait of the Cossack Colonel Leonty Svechka

The Descent into Hell

The Descent into Hell

The Descent into Limbo

The Descent into Limbo

The Descent into Limbo

The Descent of the Holy Spirit

The Dormition

The Dormition

The Entombment

The Exaltation of the Holy Cross

The Flight into Egypt

The Flight of Lot from Sodom and Gomorrah

The Great Panagea (The Virgin Orans)

The Intercession of the Virgin

The Intercession of the Virgin

The Judgement of the Sanhedrin

The Miracle of St George and the Dragon

The Miracle of St George and the Dragon

The Nativity of Christ

The Nativity of St. John the Baptist

The Nativity of the Virgin

The Nativity of the Virgin

The Old-Testament Trinity

The Passion of Christ

The Presentation in the Temple

The Presentation in the Temple

The Presentation in the Temple, the Baptism, the Anastasia (or the Descent into Limbo), the Transfiguration

The Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple

The Prophet Daniel

The Prophet Elias in the Desert

The Raising of Lazarus

The Raising of Lazarus, the Moving into Jerusalem, the Ascension, the Pentecost

The Resurrection

The Saints Martyrs Juliana and Anastasia

The Saints Marytyrs Barbara and Katharina

The Synaxis of the Nine Archangels

The Synaxis of the Saint Bishops

The Transfiguration

The Transfiguration

The Vernicle

The Vernicle

The Vernicle

The Virgin (Bratskaya)

The Virgin (Yeletskaya)

The Virgin (Yeletskaya)

The Virgin Elusa

The Virgin Hodigitria

The Virgin Hodigitria

The Virgin Hodigitria

The Virgin of Elusa

The Virgin of Haghiosoritisa, called Monasterium Tempuli

The Virgin of the Akcathistos Hymn

The Virgin of the Caves (Svenskaya)

The Virgin of Tolg

The Virgin of Vladimir

The Virgin with Child between Two Angels

The Washing of Feet

V

Virgin and Child

Virgin of Khobi

Visible things are images of invisible and intangible things, on which they throw a faint light.

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