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Russian Icons by Philipp Schweinfurth (1887-1954) - 1953

by Philipp Schweinfurth (1887-1954)

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Russian Icons by Philipp Schweinfurth (1887-1954) - 1953

Russian Icons

by Philipp Schweinfurth (1887-1954)

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  • Hardcover
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61 pages with 14 color plates and 12 full page illustrations. Quarto (10" x 7 3/4") bound in original publisher's beige boards with red lettering to spine and cover in original pictorial jacket. First edition. The use and making of icons entered Kievan Rus' following its conversion to Orthodox Christianity in AD 988. As a general rule, these icons strictly followed models and formulas hallowed by Byzantine art, led from the capital in Constantinople. As time passed, the Russians widened the vocabulary of types and styles far beyond anything found elsewhere in the Orthodox world. The personal, innovative and creative traditions of Western European religious art were largely lacking in Russia before the 17th century, when Russian icon painting became strongly influenced by religious paintings and engravings from both Protestant and Catholic Europe. In the mid-17th-century changes in liturgy and practice instituted by Patriarch Nikon resulted in a split in the Russian Orthodox Church. The traditionalists, the persecuted "Old Ritualists" or "Old Believers", continued the traditional stylization of icons, while the State Church modified its practice. From that time icons began to be painted not only in the traditional stylized and non-realistic mode, but also in a mixture of Russian stylization and Western European realism, and in a Western European manner very much like that of Catholic religious art of the time. These types of icons, while found in Russian Orthodox churches, are also sometimes found in various sui juris rites of the Catholic Church. Russian icons are typically paintings on wood, often small, though some in churches and monasteries may be much larger. Some Russian icons were made of copper. Condition: Previous owner's name on front end paper. Jacket corners and spine ends chipped, soiled, spine age toned, edge wear else very good in like jacket.
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  • Format/Binding Hardcover
  • Book Condition Used - Very Good
  • Jacket Condition Very Good
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  • Edition First
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher Iris Books
  • Place of Publication Oxford
  • Date Published 1953
  • Keywords RELIGION RELIGIOUS ART
  • Size Quarto

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Russian Icons (Iris Colour Books)

by Philipp Schweinfurth (introduction)

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  • Hardcover
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London: B. T. Batsford, 1953. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardback. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¼ - 9¼" tall. First edition first printing. small quarto hardback. 64 pp. 14 tipped-in colour plates and 12 black & white plates. Very Good condition in Good, unclipped dust jacket (some repaired tears alon spine area of jacket with tiny losses at a couple of points along the edges). No inscriptions. Colour card of a Russian icon loosely enclosed.
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