by Leonid Ouspensky and Vladimir Losssky translated by G. E. H. Palmer and E. Kadloubovsky
“The art of icons is a sacred art in the true sense of the word. It is nourished wholly on the spiritual truth to which it gives pictorial expression. For this reason it is often inadequately and faultily judged, when approached from outside with criteria borrowed from profane and purely human art. No one will better interpret it than a man whose mind is rooted in the same spirit. These are the basic considerations which have determined the composition of this book. [...]It need hardly be said that both the authors of this book themselves have lived and worked within the spiritual framework that conforms with the art of icons.” —“Foreword”
CONTENTS
FOREWORD by Titus Burckhardt PUBLISHER’S PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION TRADITION AND TRADITIONS by Vladimir Lossky THE MEANING AND LANGUAGE OF ICONS by Leonid Ouspensky THE TECHNIQUE OF ICONOGRAPHY by Leonid Ouspensky EXPLANATION OF THE MAIN TYPES OF ICONS: The Iconostasis by Leonid Ouspensky The Holy or Royal Door by Leonid Ouspensky Icons of Christ by Vladimir Lossky The Saviour Acheiropoietos by Vladimir Lossky The Pantocrator by Vladimir Lossky Icons of the Mother of God by Vladimir Lossky Our Lady of the Sign by Leonid Ouspensky The Hodigitria by Vladimir Lossky The Smolensk Mother of God by Vladimir Lossky The Tichvine Mother of God by Vladimir Lossky The Kazan Mother of God by Vladimir Lossky The Mother of God Enthroned by Leonid Ouspensky Icons of Loving-Kindness by Leonid Ouspensky The Vladimir Mother of God by Leonid Ouspensky The Tolga Mother of God by Leonid Ouspensky The Korsun Mother of God by Leonid Ouspensky The Mother of God of the Passion by Vladimir Lossky Saint John the Forerunner by Vladimir Lossky Saint John the Forerunner by Vladimir Lossky The Archangel Michael by Vladimir Lossky and Leonid Ouspensky Portraits of the Apostles Peter and Paul and an Icon of the Apostle Paul by Leonid Ouspensky St. Luke the Evangelist by Vladimir Lossky St. John the Evangelist by Vladimir Lossky An Icon of the Holy Bishop Abraham by Leonid Ouspensky St. Gregory Palamas by Vladimir Lossky The Holy Bishop Nicholas, the Miracle-Worker of Myra, by Leonid Ouspensky St. Basil the Great and the Great Martyr St. George by Leonid Ouspensky The Head of St. George the Martyr by Leonid Ouspensky St. Sergius of Radonej by Leonid Ouspensky St. Simeon Stylites by Vladimir Lossky St. Macarius of Unsha and Yellow Waters by Leonid Ouspensky St. Demetrius of Thessalonica by Vladimir Lossky The Great Martyr St. Paraskeva Piatnitza by Leonid Ouspensky The Great Martyr St. George and the Dragon by Leonid Ouspensky The Holy Prophet Elijah in the Desert by Leonid Ouspensky Collective Icons by Vladimir Lossky The Principal Festivals The Birth of the Holy Virgin by Vladimir Lossky The Raising of the Cross by Vladimir Lossky The Protection of the Mother of God by Vladimir Lossky The Presentation of the Holy Virgin in the Temple by Vladimir Lossky The Nativity of Christ by Leonid Ouspensky The Nativity of Christ by Leonid Ouspensky The Baptism of the Lord or Epiphany by Leonid Ouspensky The Presentation of Christ in the Temple by Vladimir Lossky The Annunciation by Leonid Ouspensky The Raising of Lazarus by Leonid Ouspensky The Entry into Jerusalem by Leonid Ouspensky The Cross by Vladimir Lossky The Resurrection by Leonid Ouspensky The Descent into Hell by Leonid Ouspensky The Spice-Bearing Women at the Sepulchre by Leonid Ouspensky Mid-Pentecost by Vladimir Lossky The Ascension of Our Lord by Leonid Ouspensky Icons of Pentecost by Leonid Ouspensky The Holy Trinity by Leonid Ouspensky The Descent of the Holy Spirit by Leonid Ouspensky The Transfiguration by Vladimir Lossky The Transfiguration by Vladimir Lossky The Dormition of the Mother of God by Vladimir Lossky INDEX OF PLATES INDEX OF ILLUSTRATIONS SUGGESTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Item Number: BKV191 Publication data: Crestwood, NY: St Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 1999 Format: softcover Number of pages: 221 Dimensions (l × w × h): 30.5 cm × 22.9 cm × 2.0 cm Additional information: black-and-white and full-color illustrations ISBN: 0‒913836‒99‒0
