Icons and saints of the Eastern Orthodox Church
By: Alfredo Tradigo.
Series: A guide to imagery
Publisher: J.P.Getty Museum
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Los Angeles
Language: eng
Number of pages: 383
ISBN-13: 9780892368457
Subjects: Icons -- Dictionaries -- Italian; Christian saints in art -- Dictionaries -- Italian
Genres: Dictionaries
Description: 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.-Publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Iconostasis and the orthodox calendar; title: Old Testament; title: Gospel episodes and church feasts; title: Mother of God; title: Christ the Savior; title: Apostles and martyrs; title: Fathers of the Eastern Church; title: Monastic saints of the east; title: Russian saints.