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The Icon : Its Meaning and History
Item No: 150:081462264X
Category: 16
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$89.95
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Author: Mahmoud Zibawi
ISBN: 081462264X
Publisher: Liturgical Press, 1979
Size: 289 x 235 mm (11.375 x 9.25 in.) 240 pages, 96 full color plates, Hardcover with dust jacket
The images of icons have for centuries opened channels of contemplation and prayer to God. Their beauty and their symbolism inspire us.
For those who love icons and who would love to know more about their history and the art itself, this book will prove a real treasure. Featuring pages of illustrations and photographs, 96 in full color, the book relates a wealth of information on iconography and iconographers, and on their relationship to Church and State.
Includes a selected bibliography, a chronological reference chart, a list of museums featuring iconography, and a glossary of terms.
"Books on icons abound. Even so, this one deserves special attention. Not academic art history, its author yet displays a sound knowledge of the scholarly literature on icons, as well as of the theology and culture of the Orthodox Church... It is superbly illustrated with color photographs not only of the standard, well-known works, but also of a large number of lesser- known icons, many from the Arab world. Excellent photographs of wall paintings, mosaics, and manuscript illuminations are also included."--Religious Studies Review
"An elegant, multi-colored, majestic sized (9 1/8 x 11 3/4) doorway into the mysterious realm of icons. Through contemplative, gracious prose and the more than two hundred illustrations (about one half in color), we catch sight of Byzantium's sweeping geography and epic history, but most of all its mystical poise before earthly forms transfigured by the divine. While the author never delays over principles of biblical exegesis, except at the very beginning of the book, he urges all of us to interpret the Bible mystically and so to perceive ever more truly the presence of God across the tapestry of the word. This book is a treasure far beyond its weight in gold."--Carroll Stuhlmueller, C.P.
Availability: Permanently Out of Print
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