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1	Meaning of Icons more books like this by Leonid Ouspensky, Vladimir Lossky add to wishlist The classic work on the techniques, language and interpretation of icons in the context of theology and faith. Commentary and analysis of the main types of icons. Lavishly illustrated, with 160 pages of text with drawings, 13 b/w and 51 color plates. see all copies from $34.00! new only from $70.00! \| first editions
2	Icons and Saints of the Eastern Orthodox Church more books like this by Alfredo Tradigo, Mr. Stephen Sartarelli (Translator) add to wishlist 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 pictorial ... see all copies from $11.84! new only from $15.00! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Praying with Icons more books like this by Jim Forest add to wishlist First published ten years ago, this volume has been widely recognized as a modern spiritual classic. Forest describes the history and theology behind icons, tells how they are made, and discusses how they are used as a guide to prayer. Finally, he offers a moving series of reflections on a range of classic icons. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.78! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Behold the Beauty of the Lord: Praying with Icons more books like this by Henri J M Nouwen add to wishlist This is a book of meditations penned by famed Catholic writer Henri Nouwen, growing out of his contemplation of icons during sojourns at l'Arche, a community for people with mental handicaps in Trosly, France. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.56! \| SVS
5	The Glenstal Book of Icons: Praying with the Glenstal Icons more books like this by Gregory Collins, O.S.B. add to wishlist "The Glenstal Book of Icons" presents meditations and prayers on a selection of icons from the Abbey's Byzantine chapel. The process is that of "lectio divina", where the icon itself is the text to be read and considered. This leads to a meditation on the text/icon, which in turn leads to prayer. Each icon is reproduced in full colour. A ... see all copies from $2.53! new only from $10.95! \| first editions
6	Sacred Doorways more books like this by Linette Martin add to wishlist For anyone who is intrigued by icons, Sacred Doorways is the place to begin. There are books on icons from a theological perspective and books from an art history perspective, but Sacred Doorways provides the first guidebook for the general reader that is both comprehensive and accessible. see all copies from $12.58! new only from $14.84! \| SVS
7	The Mystical Language of Icons more books like this by Solrunn Nes add to wishlist This lavishly illustrated guide to iconography explains through words and pictures the history, meaning, and purpose of Christian icons as well as the traditional methods that religious painters use to create these luminous, spiritually enlivened works of art. / Solrunn Nes, one of Europes most admired iconographers, illuminates the world of ... see all copies from $14.70! new only from $14.70! \| first editions
8	Windows to Heaven: Introducing Icons to Protestants and Catholics more books like this by Elizabeth Zelensky, Lela Gilbert add to wishlist Evangelicals often feel uneasy when they encounter the haunting images of Orthodox icons. From the theological to the practical, questions flood in: Why are the facial expressions so fixed? Why the colorful robes? What do the images symbolize? Do Orthodox Christians worship icons? Doesn't that make them idols? In this useful guidebook, Elizabeth ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.15! \| SVS
9	Technique of Icon Painting more books like this by Guillem Ramos-Poqui add to wishlist Presented as a step-by-step practical course, this book brings to life the sacred and beautiful art of Byzantine icon painting with many examples, all illustrated in colour. It discusses initial composition, preparation of a panel, oil and water gilding and egg tempera technique - it is a source book on the history, technique and meaning of icon ... see all copies from $95.31! first editions
10	Three Treatises on the Divine Images more books like this by Gilbert W Cole, Sir Andrew Louth (Translator) add to wishlist In AD 726, the Byzantine emperor ordered the destruction of all icons, or religious images, throughout the empire, and icons were subject to an imperial ban that was to last, with a brief remission, until AD 843. A defender of icons, St John of Damascus wrote three treatises against "those who attack the holy images." He differentiates between the ... see all copies from $12.00! new only from $19.00! \| first editions
11 view cover	Ponder These Things: Praying with Icons of the Virgin more books like this by Rowan Williams (Memoir by) add to wishlist 15.95 see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.98! \| SVS
12 view cover	Likeness and Presence: A History of the Image Before the Era of Art more books like this by Hans Belting, Edmund Jephcott (Translator) add to wishlist Before the Renaissance and Reformation, holy images were treated not as "art" but as objects of veneration which possessed the tangible presence of the Holy. In this magisterial book, Hans Belting traces the long history of the sacral image and its changing role in European culture. Likeness and Presence looks at the beliefs, superstitions, hopes, ... see all copies from $34.09! new only from $54.00! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Icons of Their Bodies: Saints & Their Images in Byzantium more books like this by Henry Maguire add to wishlist The Byzantines surrounded themselves with their saints, invisible but constant companions, who were made visible by dreams, visions, and art. The composition and presentation of this imagined gallery followed a logical structure, a construct that was itself a collective work of art created by Byzantine society. The purpose of this book is to ... see all copies from $27.03! new only from $49.28! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Dmitri and the one-legged lady more books like this by Michael Pearce add to wishlist The second in the delightfully witty and diverting new crime series set in Tsarist Russia from the award-winning Michael Pearce. A dreamy province of Tsarist Russia. An ambitious young lawyer of Scottish-Russian descent anxious to make his way. And the One-Legged Lady goes missing. A nasty case of kidnapping? Not quite, for the One-Legged Lady is ... see all copies from $2.53! new only from $25.88! \| signed copies \| first editions
15	The Icon: Holy Images, Sixth to Fourteenth Century more books like this by Kurt Weitzmann add to wishlist see all copies from $2.60! new only from $15.00! \| first editions
16 view cover	A Passion for Life: Fragments of the Face of God more books like this by Joan Chittister, Robert Lentz (Illustrator) add to wishlist These are the icons people in Christian and non-Christian, married and single, religious and lay, from different times and diverse cultures. Like us, they are not without flaws, but so luminous in their virtues as to be light for the ages. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $29.90!
17 view cover	Greek Icons more books like this by Anastasia Drandaki (Editor) add to wishlist The Rena Andreadis icon collection is one of the best known private collections of its kind. It contains Greek icons ranging from the 14th to the 18th century, covering a wide geographical area from Constantinople and mainland Greece to Crete and the Ionian islands. Among them are celebrated works which have frequently been on display to ... see all copies from $38.95! new only from $40.22! \| SVS
18 view cover	Theology of the Icon more books like this by Leonide Ouspensky, Anthony P Gythiel (Translator) add to wishlist The most comprehensive introduction available to the history and theology of the icon. Surveys the development of the sacred art of the Christian East from its beginnings in catacomb art through the iconoclastic controversies of the eighth and ninth centuries to the development of early Russian iconography and the state of the art today. see all copies from $32.00! new only from $196.26!
19 view cover	Lost Icons more books like this by Rowan Williams add to wishlist Why does our contemporary culture find it so hard to handle certain concepts and images? What aspects of the range of human possibilities have been lost in modernity and post-modernity? Rowan Williams argues that we have to let go of a number of crucial imaginative patterns - icons - for thinking about ourselves. He considers areas such as images ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99!
20	Icons: Theology in Color more books like this by Eugene Trubetskoi, E. N. Trubektlskofi add to wishlist see all copies from $39.99!
21 view cover	Theology of the Icon more books like this by Leonid Ouspensky, Elizabeth Meyendorff (Translator), Anthony P Gythiel (Translator) add to wishlist see all copies from $44.00! new only from $79.00!
22	Icons in Czechoslovakia more books like this by Heinz Skrobucha add to wishlist see all copies from $12.87! first editions
23 view cover	Pictograms, Icons & Signs: A Guide to Information Graphics more books like this by Rayan Abdullah, Roger Hubner add to wishlist This copiously illustrated sourcebook of pictogram design presents a multitude of examples from around the world, outlining the history of the pictogram and showing how it has been applied in commercial and creative fields over the past century. Crammed with invaluable hints and advice to all designers, the book brilliantly demonstrates that it is ... see all copies from $20.50! new only from $20.50! \| SVS
24 view cover	On the Divine Images more books like this by St John of Damascus, David Anderson (Translator) add to wishlist St John of Damascus wrote the treatises Against Those Who Attack the Divine Images in response to the iconoclastic heresy of the eighth century. see all copies from $6.94! new only from $99.00!
25	Russian icons more books like this by Vladimir Father Ivanov add to wishlist see all copies from $44.50! first editions

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