Sanai, Byzantium, Russia : Orthodox Christian Art from the Sixth to the Twentieth Century,9780295980270

Sanai, Byzantium, Russia : Orthodox Christian Art from the Sixth to the Twentieth Century

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ISBN13: 9780295980270
ISBN10: 0295980273
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2001-06-01
Publisher(s): Univ of Washington Pr
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Summary

The rare and magnificent objects published in this extraordinary book are drawn from two incomparable sources: the Monastery of Saint Catherine on Mount Sinai, founded in the fourth century and recognized as the oldest Christian monastery in the world; and the State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, which possesses an astonishing collection of Byzantine and Russian Orthodox devotional art.

Saint Catherine at Mount Sinai is well known for its early Byzantine icons, but this book publishes for the first time icon masterpieces from the later Byzantine period. The State Hermitage Museum has gathered together relevant objects from across all of its collections, illustrating the development of religious art from the zenith of Byzantium to the fall of the tsars in 1917.

The outstandingly beautiful material included in this book, illustrated in full color from newly commissioned photographs, ranges from icons and paintings to jewelry, enamels, illuminated manuscripts, ivories, textiles, coins, and precious metalwork of all kinds.

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Table of Contents

Forewordp. 6
Forewordp. 7
Forewordp. 8
Forewordp. 9
Acknowledgementsp. 10
Sponsorsp. 11
Introductions
The Saint Catherine Foundation and the Monastery of St. Catherinep. 12
The Exhibition at The State Hermitage Museump. 15
Essays
Sinai, Byzantium and Russiap. 18
Byzantine Art and the Holy Landp. 34
Sinai: the Construction of a Sacred Landscapep. 40
Catalogue
Byzantiump. 47
Sinaip. 191
Russiap. 255
Exhibitionsp. 469
Bibliographyp. 472
Glossaryp. 488
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