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Heaven on earth : Orthodox treasures of Siberia and North America / Mirko Popadić and FaithNet for the Anchorage Museum Association ; executive producer and exhibition curator, Barbara Sweetland Smith.
LIBRA VHS Videorecording 426
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Orthodox Church in America. Diocese in Alaska.
- Icons, Russian--United States--Exhibitions.
- Icons, Russian.
- Exhibitions.
- Church decoration and ornament.
- United States.
- Icons, Russian--Russia (Federation)--Irkutsk--Exhibitions.
- Russia (Federation)--Irkutsk.
- Christian art and symbolism--United States--Modern period, 1500-.
- Christian art and symbolism.
- Christian art and symbolism--Russia (Federation)--Irkutsk--Modern period, 1500---Exhibitions.
- Church decoration and ornament--Exhibitions.
- Orthodox Church in America. Diocese in Alaska--Exhibitions.
- Orthodox Church in America.
- Genre:
- Religious films.
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videocassette (approximately 30 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 1/2 in.
- 1/2 in.
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Orthodox treasures of Siberia and North America
- Place of Publication:
- Anchorage, Alaska : Anchorage Museum of History and Art, 1998.
- System Details:
- VHS - NTSC.
- analog
- magnetic
- VHS
- NTSC
- Summary:
- Story of the Orthodox Church in America as it grew from a frontier outpost in Alaska into a national institution, with many examples of church furnishings lent from North America and from overseas. Depicts the many ethnic contributions which have created the artistic traditions of the Orthodox Christian communities in America, showing the iconography and fabrics of the various furnishings.
- Participant:
- Narrator, Scott Craig.
- Credits:
- Cinematographer and editor, Mirko Popadić; script by Terry Burson, with an after-word by Major General Jake Lestenkof, Adjutant General, Alaska National Guard.
- Notes:
- Exhibition opened at the Anchorage Museum of History and Art, May 12-Oct. 24, 1994; video taken at its visit to the Field Museum, Chicago.
- Produced in cooperation with the Aleutian-Pribilof Heritage Group, Anchorage.
- OCLC:
- 39644452
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