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Painting the soul : icons, death masks, and shrouds / Robin Cormack.

By:

Cormack, Robin [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Essays in art and culture (London, England)Publisher: London, UK : Reaktion Books, 1997Description: 248 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

186189001X
9781861890016

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

704.9482

LOC classification:

N8187 .C67 1997

Online resources:

Contributor biographical information

Contents:

Preface -- Chronology of Byzantine History -- 1. Conception -- 2. Birth -- 3. God/Man -- 4. Maturity and Identity -- 5. Rebirth -- References -- General Bibliography -- List of Illustrations.

Summary: "Painting the Soul is a beautifully illustrated study of the creation and development of the icon."This book is a firework display. It sets off scores of explosions which light up the sky over-arching our field, terrain that is normally traversed nose down and too mindful of the footsteps of our predecessors."⵲lington Magazine"--Publisher description.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-244).

Preface -- Chronology of Byzantine History -- 1. Conception -- 2. Birth -- 3. God/Man -- 4. Maturity and Identity -- 5. Rebirth -- References -- General Bibliography -- List of Illustrations.

"Painting the Soul is a beautifully illustrated study of the creation and development of the icon."This book is a firework display. It sets off scores of explosions which light up the sky over-arching our field, terrain that is normally traversed nose down and too mindful of the footsteps of our predecessors."⵲lington Magazine"--Publisher description.

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