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Lädt ... Icons & Saints of the Eastern Orthodox Churchvon Alfredo Tradigo
   Keine Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch.  VictoriaGaile | Oct 16, 2021 |    ) ME_Dictionary | Mar 19, 2020 | What an excellent resource on the art of Eastern iconography! I looked for a book to deepen my knowledge of the artwork in my church (Saint Constantine's Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in Minneapolis, MN). I remember a day (I must have been 14 or 15 years old - a *very* long time ago), when my friends and I were waiting to go to confession - one kid (a keen observer and a quick wit) asked me if I ever wondered why the infant Jesus was about to lose his sandal in the icon of the Virgin Mary at the side altar of the church. Well, I wondered about it on and off over the years, especially when I saw the same icon (with the "slipping sandal") in other churches. I had pretty much forgotten this detail until last month, when I had the opportunity to give a brief tour of the artwork in our church to a group of visitors. I took a look at the icon, and realized to my sudden panic that I still didn't know the answer to this. Mercifully, none of the people on the tour noticed this (or at least, none asked about it). I resolved to find out, and settled on this book as a likely source of wisdom. It did not disappoint on this detail. I still have a bunch to learn: for instance, the examples of this icon (The Virgin of the Passion) provided in the book all show Mary clothe in red; the icon in our church shows her in blue. What is the significance of the difference? By the way - the cover image of the book is an example of this very icon (though you can't see the sandal slipping from Jesus's foot). As you can see, I'm really a novice in this area. Any additional resources you can suggest would be greatly appreciated! I highly recommend this book for anyone who has an interest in this particular area of art history. vlodko62 | Dec 29, 2018 |  ) davidpwithun | Sep 16, 2011 | ) ivanrezansky | Jul 27, 2008 | Zeige 5 von 5 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
An icon (from the Greek word "eikon," "image") is a wooden panel painting of a holy person or scene from Orthodox Christianity, the religion of the Byzantine Empire that is practiced today mainly in Greece and Russia. It was believed that these works acted as intermediaries between worshipers and the holy personages they depicted. Their pictorial language is stylized and primarily symbolic, rather than literal and narrative. Indeed, every attitude, pose, and color depicted in an icon has a precise meaning, and their painters--usually monks--followed prescribed models from iconographic manuals. The goal of this book is to catalogue the vast heritage of images according to iconographic type and subject, from the most ancient at the Monastery of Saint Catherine in the Sinai to those from Greece, Constantinople, and Russia. Chapters focus on the role of icons in the Orthodox liturgy and on common iconic subjects, including the fathers and saints of the Eastern Church and the life of Jesus and his followers. As with other volumes in the Guide to Imagery series, this book includes a wealth of color illustrations in which details are called out for discussion. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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 Google Books — Lädt ...GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)704.94820882819The arts Modified subdivisions of the arts Special topics in fine and decorative arts Iconography Religious artKlassifikation der Library of Congress [LCC] (USA)BewertungDurchschnitt: (3.5)
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The one thing I was looking for & couldn't find was a concise guide to the symbolism of colored clothing in icons and perhaps a few other common iconographical conventions, gathered in a few pages. (