TRANSFIGURATION: Introduction To The Contemplation Of Icons. Translated By Kenneth D. Whitehead. Introduction By Fr. Egon Sendler

shiny grey faux leather "leatherette" hardcover 8vo. (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. a little rubbing at spine top. edges clean. shadow from old bookplate inside front cover, otherwise contents free of markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. a little rubbing at top of spine, not torn or price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first edition. first printing (#1 in # line). 179p.+ list of centers. glossy pages throughout. 32 full color full page glossy plates. endnotes. bibliography. table of illustrations. religion. art history. meditation. christianity. ~ This beautifully illustrated volume of thirty~two icons is truly as the subtitle claims: "an introduction to contemplation." Learning to contemplate is a challenge, because we often want the results sooner than we can have them. In the first twenty commentaries, Maria Muzj helps us acquire an "eye" and a "feel" for icons, by taking some of them from a more spiritual aspect, and some from a more artistic point of view. Then, beginning with the Conception of St. Anne, she harmoniously blends both the artistic and the spiritual, presenting for our consideration the profound concepts that the iconographers meditated on, and the artistic techniques they used to portray them. As a foretaste, you might glance at the especially striking sections on the Transfiguration, the Last Supper, and the Descent into Hell. After this "preview," return to the first chapter and start "learning to contemplate" with what may have been the first icon ever produced. Have a truly enriching experience.…