Icons and Saints of the Eastern Orthodox Church
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Icons and Saints of the Eastern Orthodox Church   -     By: Alfredo Tradigo

Icons and Saints of the Eastern Orthodox Church

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Translated from the Italian! Illustrated throughout with 400 color photographs, this is the perfect primer to introduce you to the key figures and iconography of the Greek and Russian traditions, from the Monastery of Saint Catherine to the present day. Informative details and helpful captions. 384 pages, softcover. J. Paul Getty Museum.

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Title: Icons and Saints of the Eastern Orthodox Church
By: Alfredo Tradigo
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 384
Vendor: Oxford University Press
Dimensions: 7.75 X 5.25 (inches)
Weight: 1 pound 8 ounces
ISBN: 0892368454
ISBN-13: 9780892368457
Series: Imagery
Stock No: WW368454

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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.

Author Bio

Alfredo Tradigo is the artistic director and art critic for Famiglia Cristiana magazine and has devoted thirty years to research on Christian iconography.

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