L'ART AU MONT-ATHOS

by Amand de Mendieta, Emmanuel

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Book desription: Thessaloniki, Greece: Patriarchal Institute de recherches patristiques, 1977. xxvii, 404 pp. Bibliography, footnotes, index, 81 black-and-white plates. Text in French. A scarce, valuable and beautiful study by a leading scholar of the Byzantine religious art of Mount Athos. High-quality production. CONTENTS: Introduction: la tonalité religieuse et ascétique fontamentale de l'art au Mont-Athos. 1) La vénération des icônes sur la Sainte-Montagne. 2) Le jardin enchanté et le miroir déformant de la légende athonite. 3) Le plan d'un monastère souverain. 4) Les autres bâtiments conventuels. 5) Introduction générale: les mosaiques monumentales de Vatopédi. 6) Les fresques des monastères: fresques et liturgie: datation des cycles de fresques. 7) Les fresques des monastères: les écoles "macédonienne" et "crétoise." 8) Aperçu sur l'évolution de la peinture a fresque au Mont-Athos. 9) Description de quelques fresques en particulier Protaton et Chilandari. 10) Description de quelques autres fresques en particulier. 11) Le peinture de chevalet au Mont-Athos: les icônes. 12) Les icônes portatives sur bois au Mont-Athos. 13) Les icônes d'iconostase au Mont-Athos. Mon rêve athonite. CONDITION: Very minor wear to boards; internally fine. OVERSIZED.. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket (as issued). 25 x 19 cm.

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