Russian icon. History, plots, masterpieces. Efremova L.A.

The Russian icon is not just an image of a prayer that visually tells about the essence of the Orthodox faith, but also the most valuable artistic image, a special type of fine art and an integral part of the cultural national treasure of Russia.

The book will introduce you to history the development of Russian icon painting, tells about the main plots and types of icons, about the iconographic types of the Savior, the Virgin and the most revered saints, about how the events of the passionate week and Christian holidays are depicted on the icons, about the fathers of the church and prophets, about angels and apostles, about the healers , miracle workers and great martyrs...

You will also learn about the most famous icon-painting traditions of the Russian land, embodied in the Tver, Novgorod, Pskov, Moscow icon-painting schools, and of course about famous icons created as masters, whose whose The names have not reached us, so the famous icon painters Feofan Grek, Andrei Rublev, Dionysius, Simon Ushakov, Procopius Chirin...

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