First U.S. edition published by Harper & Row. Solid & clean, with gift inscription & embossing on title page; jacket intact, laminate loosened, heavy wear at spine end. View More...
A pristine copy with jacket missing. Text pristine. Autographed by Publisher, Fahim Kouchakji. Includes a detached copy of the frontispiece illustration, used as a broadside ad for the book. Also includes three folded brochures, dated 1934, introducing the Century of Progress exhibition which displayed the Great Chalice. View More...
The Ecumenical Work of the Icon is an invitation to the students and faculties of Catholic seminaries to be a part of the tradition of the icon through the lens of ecumenis. With a view of ecumenism as lived in both the Roman Catholic and Orthodox traditions, the visual theological language of the icon may be engaged more fully and respectfully, thus enriching the theological education and future ministry of those who learn and teach in a Catholic setting. In the third portion of the book, readers are offered multiple practical pedagogical examples of how to integrate teaching and learning abo... View More...
Firm binding and unmarked text. Previous owner embossing to front flyleaf. Minimal exterior wear, protected by original cardboard slipcase. View More...
Invites readers to pray with four Russian icons with their eyes open by emphasizing seeing or gazing, which are at the heart of Eastern spirituality. This book includes four color icons, which can be removed for private contemplation or meditation. View More...
This anthology of translated histories, chronicles, saint's lives, theological treatises, and accounts presents an in-depth analysis of Byzantine art. Focusing on Constantinople, Mango chronicles the arts, and places them in historical, political, and theological perspective. First published in 1972.
Near fine copy. Inscribed by author to a bishop. Externally like new, solid binding, text like new. Previous owner's embossed seal on first free endpaper. View More...
It's deceptively simple, this little book. Conversational. The author describes the famous icon of Christ of Sinai: ''Look at the icon of Christ again. You may find his gaze unsettling, as if He is looking back at you, or even through you. My husband, a pastor, once received a phone call from a retired humanities professor. The caller said that he was a lifelong atheist and humanist who was mostly ignorant of religion. But then someone had given him a copy of this icon. 'When I look at it, I have the sensation that He's looking into my soul,' he said. 'Before this, I didn't even think there wa... View More...
Now in paperback, fifty selected images by renowned icon-painter William Hart McNichols are illuminated by Mirabai Starr s lyrical prose-poems to help make the eternal figure of Mary vibrantly accessible." View More...
A supplement to An Iconographer's Patternbook, originally published in the late 19th century from ancient originals. They contain patterns and figures after classic and traditional models. View More...
This book argues that the extraordinary force of the image in contemporary life-the contemporary imaginary-can be traced back to the Byzantine iconoclastic controversy of the eighth and ninth centuries. View More...
In silence, icons speak. But most of us need a little help understanding the language of silence. Norwegian iconographer Solrunn Nes provides just the right text to accompany the reproductions of her icons (over a hundred) presented in this book. In rich and vivid colors, her iconography faithfully follows mostly classic Byzantine models of all the main types of subjects and their variations: Christ, the Virgin, biblical scenes, feast days and saints. Her commentary is fully informed by canonical, patristic, and liturgical tradition, enlightening elements specific to particular icons and more ... View More...
In the year 726 C.E., the Byzantine emperor Leo III issued an edict declaring images to be idols, forbidden by Exodus, and ordering all such images in churches to be destroyed. Thus commenced the first wave of Byzantine iconoclasm, which ran its violent course until 787, when the underlying issues were temporarily resolved at the Second Council of Nicaea. In 815, a second great wave of iconoclasm was set off, only to end in 842 when the icons were restored to the churches of the East and the iconoclasts excommunicated.The iconoclast controversies have long been understood as marking major fiss... View More...
The Virgin Mary embodied power rather than maternal tenderness in the Byzantine world. Known as the Mother of God, she became a guarantor of military victory and hence of imperial authority. In this pioneering book, Bissera Pentcheva connects the fusion of Marian cult and imperial rule with the powers assigned to images of this All Holy woman.Drawing upon a wide range of sources and images, from coins and seals to monumental mosaics, Pentcheva demonstrates that a fundamental shift in the Byzantine cult--from relics to icons--took place during the late tenth century. Further, she shows that pro... View More...
In The Icon: Window on the Kingdom, Quenot instructs us that ''the icon expresses what Orthodoxy is, and like the Word of God, it transmits the Tradition of the Church.'' The Resurrection and the Icon continues Quenot's study, exploring the interdependence of Orthodox iconography and liturgical worship. Through 68 full-color icon reproductions and 26 black and white prints, Quenot takes the reader through the major feasts of the Church's annual cycle, revealing how icons stand beyond human reason and help us open ourselves to the transfiguring presence of the Risen Christ. View More...
