New York : Alfred A. Knopf | Dorest Perss 1987 . 419 p. : , Translation of: Le Icone.: A brilliantly illustrated volume, a large and comprehensive view of the icon through 1000 years. 385 color plates covering 7 cultures: Constantinople; Georgia; Thessalonike, Ohrid, and Serbia; the Crusades; Russia; Crete and Central Greece; Rumania. Broad in scope, splendid in execution, thorough in scholarship. The most comprehensive and beautiful single-volume presentation of this magnificent art form. . . . . TABLE OF CONTENTS: INTRODUCTION: The origins and significance of icons -- 1.) The Icons of Constantinople by Kurt Weitzmann -- 2.) The Icons of Georgia by Gaiane Alibegasvili and Aneli Volskaja -- 3.) The Icons of the Balkan Peninsula and the Greek Islands (1) by Manolis Chatzidakis and Gordana Babic -- 4.) The Icons of the period of the Crusades by Kurt Weitzmann -- 5.) The Icons of Russia by Mihail Alpatov -- 6.) The Icons of the Balkan Peninsula and the Greek Islands (2) by Gordana BabicÌ and Manolis Chatzidakis -- 7.) The post-Byzantine Icons of Wallachia and Moldavia by Teodora Voinescu. 32 cm.. 0394525515 | 0880291621 | 9780394525518

Place Hold on The Icon: The Byzantine Tradition in Europe, Russia and the Near East Through Seven Major Epochs