Iconographic lawlessness. Unusual in the Orthodox icon. Zotov S. O.

Why is the Holy Christopher depicted with the pesye of the head? Why did the Virgin have three hands and fish tail? How were Pushkin, Stalin and football players on the icon? “Iconographic lawlessness” is a book about how the most unusual plots of the Russian icon appeared and what they really mean. She will tell about the six -hand of Christ, the Orthodox centaur and the pigeon with four heads. You will plunge into mystical images, where human life is represented as a labyrinth, mysterious hands sprout from the crucifix, and a lot of eyes look at the viewer. You will see cruel scenes in which the saints and even Jesus himself pick up a weapon. You will understand how laptops, football balls and nuclear reactors appeared on sacred images.

Together with the author, you will solve the meaning of mysterious allegories, make excursions into theology and world history, learn about the most incredible Russian conspiracies and beliefs, you will see the rare icons that are available to specialists before. But the main thing is that after reading this book, the usual culture and history will be revealed to you from a completely new and unknown side.

Sergey Zotov - a cultural anthropologist, laureate of the Enlightener Prize for the book “The Suffering Middle Ages. Paradoxes of Christian iconography ”, doctoral studies at the University of War from the University (Great Britain). The creator of the popular blog about unusual icons “Iconographic lawlessness”, from where the idea of ​​this book was born.