Progeny of the icon : émigré Russian revivalism and the vicissitudes of the Eastern Orthodox sacred image

Progeny of the icon : émigré Russian revivalism and the vicissitudes of the Eastern Orthodox sacred image / Kari Kotkavaara.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kotkavaara, Kari (Author)
Format: Thesis Book
Language:English
Published: Abo̊ : Abo̊ Akademis Förlag, 1999.
Subjects:
Icons, Russian.
Christianity and art > Orthodox Eastern Church.
Iconen (schilderkunst)
Buitenland.
Academic theses.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • List of illustrations
  • Introduction. Problems and hypotheses ; Past and present debates: revising key concepts ; Research into "Latter-Day icons" ; A comment on the material and its selection ; The contents, disposition and layout of the study
  • 1. Russia, Christianity and the cult of images. Veneration of icons in the public and private domains ; Vernacular religion, sacred objects and images ; Icon painters and artists - the variety of styles
  • 2. The Russian debate about the icon tradition. Antiquarians and the promotion of icon painting ; A collision of interests: reviewing the "discovery of the icon"
  • 3. Revivalist trends in Prague and Paris. Icons painted by refugees from Russia ; The Kondakov Institute and the Uspénie Memorial Church in Prague ; The St. Sèrge Theological Institute and the Icon Association in Paris ; P.M. Sofrónov - an epitome of tradition?
  • Bibliography and sources
  • Illustrations
  • Appendix I. A selection of revivalist icons painted in the diaspora
  • Appendix II. A selection of documents and letters
  • Name index
  • Glossary.

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