Depicting Orthodoxy in the Russian Middle Ages : the Novgorod icon of Sophia, the divine wisdom / Ágnes Kriza.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kriza, Ágnes, 1975- author.

Series:

Oxford studies in Byzantium.

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford studies in Byzantium

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christian art and symbolism--Russia--Medieval, 500-1500.

Christian art and symbolism.

Christianity and art--Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ.

Christianity and art.

God (Christianity)--Wisdom--History--To 1500.

God (Christianity).

Wisdom (Biblical personification)--History--To 1500.

Wisdom (Biblical personification).

Icons, Russian--History--To 1500.

Icons, Russian.

Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ--History--To 1500.

Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (385 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2022.

Language Note:

English and Church Slavic.

Summary:

The image of Divine Wisdom, traditionally associated with the Sophia Cathedral in Novgorod, is an innovation of the 15th century. The icon represents the winged, royal, red-faced Sophia flanked by the Mother of God and John the Baptist. Although the image has a contemporaneous commentary, and although it exercised a profound influence on Russian cultural history, its meaning has remained an art-historical conundrum. By exploring the message, roots, function and historical context of the creation of the first, most emblematic and enigmatic Russian allegorical iconography, this title deciphers the meaning of this icon.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on April 26, 2022).

Also issued in print: 2022.

Other Format:

Print version Kriza, Ágnes Depicting Orthodoxy in the Russian Middle Ages

ISBN:

0-19-259627-6

0-19-188859-1

0-19-259626-8