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Icons and Saints of the Eastern Orthodox Church (Guide to Imagery Series)
Icons and Saints of the Eastern Orthodox Church - Guide to Imagery Series
Author: Alfredo Tradigo
An icon (from the Greek word "eikon," "image") is a wooden panel painting of a holy person or scene from Orthodox Christianity, the religion of the Byzantine Empire that is practiced today mainly in Greece and Russia. It was believed that these works acted as intermediaries between worshipers — and the holy personages they depicted. Their pictori...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780892368457
ISBN-10: 0892368454
Publication Date: 7/13/2006
Pages: 384
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Publisher: Getty Trust Publications: J. Paul Getty Museum
Book Type: Paperback
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