Gates of Mystery: The Art of Holy Russia
by Roderick Grierson
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- Paperback
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- ISBN 13
- 9780963537409
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Gates of Mystery: The Art of Holy Russia
by Roderick Grierson
Publisher: Intercultura, 1994
ISBN is 9780963537409 / 0963537407
Softcover
8.5 x 10.8 inches, 336 pages
The use and making of icons entered Ancient Russia following its conversion to Orthodox Christianity in AD 988.
As a general rule, these icons strictly followed models and formulas hallowed by Byzantine art, led from the
capital in Constantinople. As time passed, the Russians widened the vocabulary of types and styles far beyond
anything found elsewhere in the Orthodox world.
The personal, innovative and creative traditions of Western European religious art were largely lacking in
Russia before the 17th century, when Russian icon painting became strongly influenced by religious paintings
and engravings from both Protestant and Catholic Europe. In the mid-17th-century changes in liturgy and
practice instituted by Patriarch Nikon resulted in a split in the Russian Orthodox Church. The traditionalists,
the persecuted "Old Ritualists" or "Old Believers", continued the traditional stylization of icons, while the
State Church modified its practice. From that time icons began to be painted not only in the traditional stylized
and non-realistic mode, but also in a mixture of Russian stylization and Western European realism, and in a
Western European manner very much like that of Catholic religious art of the time. These types of icons, while
found in Russian Orthodox churches, are also sometimes found in various sui juris rites of the Catholic Church.
Russian icons are typically paintings on wood, often small, though some in churches and monasteries may be
much larger. Some Russian icons were made of copper. Many religious homes in Russia have icons hanging
on the wall in the krasny ugol, the "red" or "beautiful" corner.
There is a rich history and elaborate religious symbolism associated with icons. In Russian churches, the
nave is typically separated from the sanctuary by an iconostasis, or icon-screen, a
wall of icons with double doors in the centre.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Gates of Mystery
- Author
- Roderick Grierson
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good condition - former library ownership with spine label & checkout pocket on last page
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0963537407
- ISBN 13
- 9780963537409
- Publisher
- Intercultura
- Place of Publication
- Fort Worth, Tx
- Date Published
- 1994
- Pages
- 8.5 x 10.8 inches
- Size
- 336
- Keywords
- Art, Ancient Russia Orthodox Christianity icons
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