Lazarev V. N. - Novgorodian. Icon-painting

Lazarev V. N. - Novgorodian. Icon-painting - V. N. Lazarev

Lazarev, the author of the book, is the most prominent Russian art historian of the 20th century, the heir of a lonf tradition of scholars in the art of the ancient Russia. He published also the most comprehensive and renown history of Byzantine art (which, unfortunately, has appeared only in Russian and in Italian translation) and a number of volumes on Rublev, ancient icons, Russian mosaics and frescoes, etc. The book is mostly an album of large colorplates reproducing Russian icons belonging to the schol of Novgorod, the merchant town in Northern Russia which escaped the destruction by Tartars and remained independend under Alexander Nevskij and others. The volume contains a 42 page prefac by Lazarev, dealing with the development of icons in Novgorod, in Russian with an English translation. Andrei Rublev - is considered to be one of the greatest medieval Russian painters of Orthodox icons and frescos. Alexander Yaroslavich Nevsky served as Prince of Novgorod (1236–52), Grand Prince of Kiev (1236-52) and Grand Prince of Vladimir (1252–63) during some of the most difficult times in Kievan Rus' history. Commonly regarded as a key figure of medieval Rus', Alexander - the grandson of Vsevolod the Big Nest - rose to legendary status on account of his military victories over German and Swedish invaders while agreeing to pay tribute to the powerful Golden Horde. He was canonized as a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church by Metropolite Macarius in 1547 ! Uwagi: Oprawa nieco zakurzona i wytarta. Stron lekko pożółkłe, miejscami poplamione i posklejane. Brzegi delikatnie zakurzone.