ICONS: MASTERPIECES OF RUSSIAN ART, 16TH-19TH CENTURIES: FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE MOSCOW STATE INTEGRATED MUSEUM-RESERVE AT KOLOMENSKOYE.

POLYAKOVA, Olga A., John Sowerby (Trans).

ISBN 10: 1908126094 / ISBN 13: 9781908126092

Published by Vivays Pub.,, London,, 2011

About this Item

First Edition In English. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 4to. pp 191. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered gilt on spine. Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. This book is a valuable resource for art historians, scholars of religious practice, and collectors of icons. ISBN: 1908126094 Very good in very good dust jacket. No inscriptions not price clipped.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: ICONS: MASTERPIECES OF RUSSIAN ART, 16TH-19TH CENTURIES: FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE MOSCOW STATE INTEGRATED MUSEUM-RESERVE AT KOLOMENSKOYE.
• Publisher: Vivays Pub.,, London,
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1908126094
• ISBN 13: 9781908126092
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Synopsis

We are proud to offer this important book on icons dating from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries. These sixty icons from the Kolomenskoye State Museum are presented with full descriptions of their origins and symbolic meanings written by a leading specialist in Old Russian art. This lesser-known collection shows the evolution and development of Russian iconography through its themes, styles and details - for example, historical figures such as Peter the Great featured in the battlefield on one of the intercession icons.

These images are at once powerful and moving, engaging the observer in the story depicted in the painting or drawing the eye to a face that seems to look directly out at the viewer. This book provides a fascinating insight into the world of the mysterious and beautiful icons.

Icons: Masterpieces of Russian Art is a valuable resource for art historians, scholars of religious practice, and collectors of icons.

About the Author

Olga Polyakova is an art historian and leading specialist in Old Russian art and has published widely. She is Deputy Director of the Moscow State Integrated Art and Historical, Architectural and Natural Landscape Museum-Reserve.