by John Taylor · Smithmark Pub · tapa dura · ISBN 9780831748135
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«Icon Painting» is John Taylor's art history study, published by Smithmark Pub in hardback (80 pages, in English).
Analysis of icon painting from Asia, Eastern Europe and Russia, whose origins date to around the mid-3rd century. John Taylor explains how icons were created, their religious message and the symbolism of major works, and addresses their secular relevance for Holy Roman Emperors. Includes eighty full-color illustrations with panel commentaries.
Originally published in 1979, with bibliographic references.
Aimed at readers interested in the history of sacred art, Byzantine iconography and Eastern Christian art.
John Taylor was an English publisher, essayist, and writer. He is noted as the publisher of the poets John Keats and John Clare.
