Christianity and the Arts in Russia

Name: Christianity and the Arts in Russia
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ISBN: 9780521089234

ISBN-10: 0521089239

ISBN-13: 9780521089234

Edition: 2008

Authors: William C. Brumfield, Milos M. Velimirovic

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The contributors to this book examine various aspects of the relationship among Christianity and the visual arts, architecture and music in Russia. Within this broad area the book concentrates on specific topics rather than attempting a broad survey. Nonetheless, the range of material extends from the earliest stages of the introduction of Byzantine art forms in Kievan Russia to the relation between Christian and folk decorative/iconographic motifs to the use of religious imagery in the work of contemporary filmmaker Andrei Tarkovskii. The related interests of the contributors create a concentration of topics in certain periods such as the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Some…

Book details

List price: $34.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 10/30/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 268
Size: 6.75" wide x 9.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English




The Art of the Medieval Church



Aural Icons of Orthodoxy: The Sonic Typology of




On the Links Between Music and Icon Painting in




The Role of the Devotional Image in the Religious Life of




The Slavic Reception of




Christianity and




Piety and Pragmatism: Orthodox Saints and Slavic Nature Gods in




'We Don't Summon Spring in the Summer': Traditional Music and Beliefs of the Contemporary




Religious Traditions and Modernity



Christian Themes in




The 'New Style' and the Revival of Orthodox Church Architecture, 1990-1914




Liturgical Singing or Sacred Music? Understanding the Aesthetic of the




The Icon and the Machine in Russia's religious Renaissance, 1990-1909




Orthodoxy and the Avant-Garde: Sacred Images in the Work of Goncharova, Malevich, and their Contemporaries




Art and Religion in the Films of