The New Testament in iconography monuments mainly Byzantine and Russian monuments [Russian]

By N.V. Pokrovskij

Book NV Pokrovsky (1848-1917), art historian, professor of the St. Petersburg Theological Academy, Director of the Archaeological Institute, is a fundamental and far unsurpassed study evangelical iconography. It is safe to say that no other work on this subject does not reach the accuracy and comprehensiveness of the material, like this work. The paper walks you through the folding of the main themes of Christianity on the basis of a wide range of the earliest monuments of Byzantine and Slavic: catacomb paintings, icons, frescoes, illuminated manuscripts, and so on. N. The book consists of three parts: "The iconography of the childhood of Jesus", "Public Service" and "End of the Gospel event history", in each of which the reader will find especially the emergence and development of such famous stories as "The Annunciation", "Christmas", "Presentation of the Lord," "Baptism", "The Crucifixion" and others.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: Russian
• ISBN: 5519432643
• ISBN13: 9785519432641
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Book on Demand Ltd.
• Length: 604 Pages
• Weight: 2.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 8.3" x 11.0"