The History of Icon Painting

The book presents the following sections:

The theological foundations of icons and iconography; the technique of icon painting;

Byzantine icons from the 6th to the 15th centuries;

Greek icon after the fall of Byzantium; icons of Ancient Russia (11th-17th centuries);

Georgian icons from the 10th to the 15th centuries; icons of Serbia, Bulgaria, and Macedonia from the 15th to the 17th centuries;

Ukrainian icon painting;

Belarusian icon;

icon painting of Romania (Moldova and Wallachia);

Russian icons of the 18th to early 20th centuries; icons of the 20th century. A richly illustrated edition on coated paper