Hidden and triumphant
Subtitle: the underground struggle to save Russian iconography
By: Irina Yazykova ; translated by Paul Grenier ; foreword by Wendy Salmond.
Contributors: Grenier, Paul.
Publisher: Paraclete Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Brewster, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 194
ISBN-13: 9781557255648
Subjects: Icons, Russian -- 20th century; Icon painting -- Russia (Federation) -- History -- 20th century; Art and society -- Russia (Federation) -- History -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / by Dr. Wendy Salmond; title: Introduction: Word and image; title: Icons as a witness to eternity within a world of change; title: Perfect artists and philosophers of the highest wisdom : the iconographic tradition, 900-1900; title: The discovery of the icon and the new iconoclasts; title: The Russian emigration and its quest for the iconic; title: Beauty against totalitarianism : icons and iconoclasm in the Soviet Union, 1920-1979; title: The return of sacred sites : the rebirth of iconography, 1980-2000; title: Appendix A: New Russian iconographers : leading artists and developments of the new millennium; title: Appendix B: Beauty saving the world : the icon outside of Russia; title: Appendix C: Direction, training, and workshops : iconography programs.