Hidden and triumphant : the underground struggle to save Russian iconography / Irina Yazykova ; translated by Paul Grenier ; foreword by Wendy R. Salmond.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	I︠A︡zykova, I. K. (Irina Konstantinovna)
Other Authors:	Grenier, Paul
Format:	Book
Language:	English Russian
Published:	Brewster, Mass. : Paraclete Press, ©2010.
Subjects:	1900-1999 Icons, Russian > 20th century. Icon painting > Russia (Federation) > History > 20th century. Art and society > Russia (Federation) > History > 20th century. Art and society. Icon painting. Icons, Russian. Ikoner > Ryssland > historia > 1900-talet. Konst och samhälle > Ryssland > historia > 1900-talet. Russia (Federation) History.

Table of Contents:

Foreword / by Wendy Salmond
Introduction: Word and image
Icons as a witness to eternity within a world of change
Perfect artists and philosophers of highest wisdom : the iconographic tradition, 900-1900
The discovery of the icon and the new iconoclasts
The Russian emigration and its quest for the iconic
Beauty against totalitarianism : icons and iconoclasm in the Soviet Union, 1920-1979
The return of sacred sites : the rebirth of iconography, 1980-2000
Appendix A: New Russian iconographers : leading artists and developments of the new millennium
Appendix B: Beauty saving the world : the icon outside of Russia
Appendix C: Direction, training, and workshops : iconography programs.

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