The Ukrainian Icon 11th - 18th centuries (From Byzantine origins to the baroque)
Faith, tradition, and national sacred imageryBy Liudmila MiliayevaLength2h 58m
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Icon painting, the ultimate expression of Orthodox Christian art, reached its zenith in Ukraine between the 11th and 18th centuries. This book spans the entire period, showing the development of the style. The Ukrainian icon is a surprising synthesis of the traditions of Eastern Byzantine art and the stylistic characteristics of Russian icon painting. The introduction of this book explains the stages of development of icon-painting over five centuries in Ukraine's major Centres of art - Kyiv, Chernihiv, Transcarpathia, Galicia, and Volhynia - and discusses the life and work of the masters of icon-painting. Despite the strict stylistic considerations imposed by the genre, Ukrainian icons display a striking range and variety of backgrounds and contexts. The author has been awarded the Ukrainian Medal of Arts, the Order of Princess Olga.
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Table of contents
11. SS Vladimir, Boris and Gleb, late 17th century. National Art Museum, Kiev.
2The history of Ukrainian Icons
32. Detail of a late-10th-century fresco in the Church of the Tithe, Kiev. Present whereabouts unknown.
43. The Virgin of Vladimir. Detail.
54. The Virgin of Vladimir, 11th - early 12th century. Detail. The Dormition Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin.
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65. The Great Panagea (The Virgin Orans), early 12th century. Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.
76. St George the Warrior, 11th - 12th centuries. Dormition Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin.
87. An Archangel, mid-11th century. Detail of the mosaic The Eucharist St Sophia’s Cathedral, Kiev
98. An Archangel, mid-11th century. Fresco St Sophia’s Cathedral, Kiev.
109. The Eucharist, Mosaic from the Cathedral of St Michael with the Gold Domes, Kiev, 1108-14. St Sophia’s Architectural and Historical Preserve, Kiev.
1110. St Cyril Writing a Homily, Fresco in the Church of St Cyril, Kiev. Second half of the 12th century.
1211. St George and St Theodore Stratilates, Relief from the Cathedral of St Michael with the Gold Domes, Kiev. Early 12th century.
1312. The Archangel Gabriel (The Angel with the Golden Hair), 12th century. Russian Museum, St Petersburg.
1413. St Luke the Evangelist. Miniature from the Ostromir Gospel, 1056-57. National Library of Russia, St Petersburg.
1514. The Synaxis of the Saint Bishops. Miniature from the Sviatoslav Anthology (Izbornik), 1073. Historical Museum, Moscow
1615. St Mark the Evangelist. Miniature from the Dobrilov Gospel, 1164. State Library of Russia, Moscow.
1716. St Luke the Evangelist. Miniature from the Galich Gospel, late 12th - early 13th century. Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.
1817. The Last Judgement. Miniature from the Kievan Psalter, 1397. National Library of Russia, St Petersburg.
1918. The Creation of Adam. Miniature from the Kievan Psalter, 1397. National Library of Russia, St Petersburg.
2019. The Virgin of Igoryovskaya, 13th century. Present whereabouts unknown.
2120. The Virgin Hodegetria, late 13th - early 14th century. Local History Museum, Rovno.
2221. The Virgin Hodegetria of Volhynia, second half of the 14th century. National Art Museum, Kiev.
2322. SS Basil and Peter. Icon, late 15th - early 16th century. Church in the village of Lisiatichi, Lvov Region.
2423. Christ Pantocrator, 15th century. National Museum, Lvov.
2524. The Nativity of the Virgin, 15th century. National Museum, Lvov.
2625. The Virgin of Lvov, 14th century. Picture Gallery, Lvov.
2726. St Nicetas and a Devil, mid-16th century. National Museum, Lvov.
2827. The Last Judgement, mid-16th century. Detail. National Museum, Lvov.
2928. Master Andriychina Mnogogrishny St Basil the Great. Miniature from a service-book, first half of the 16th century. Historical Museum, Moscow.
3029. St Luke the Evangelist. Miniature from the Peresopnitsy Gospel, 1556-61. Central Research Library of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukraine, Kiev.
3130. The Apostle Peter and the Virgin, 1570s. National Museum, Lvov.
3231. The Apostles Simon and Bartholomew, 1570s. National Museum, Lvov.
3332. Detail of an icon of The Passion of Christ, mid-16th century. The Church of the Exaltation of the Cross in the town of Drogobych, Lvov Region.
3433. The Passion of Christ. Detail.
3534. The Passion of Christ. Detail.
3635. Fiodor from Lvov. The Virgin of the Acathistos Hymn, 1599. Detail. Olesky Castle (a branch of the Lvov Picture Gallery).
3736. St John the Baptist with Scenes from His Life, first half of the 16th century. The Church of the Holy Spirit in the town of Rogatin, Ivano-Frankovsk Region.
3837. The Annunciation, mid-16th century. National Art Museum, Lvov.
3938. The Presentation in the Temple and The Annunciation. Icon, mid-16th century. The Church of St Paraskieva in the village of Dalewo, Poland.
4039. Portrait of the Kievan Metropolitan Peter Mogila, 1644. Fresco from the Deesis tier The Church of the Transfiguration on the Berestovo, Kiev.
4140. Unknown artist. Portrait of Jan Gerburt, late 16th century. Detail. Picture Gallery, Lvov.
4241. Master Andrei Pelenichka. St John the Evangelist. Miniature in the Gospel from the village of Grimno, Lvov Region, 1602. National Library of Russia, St Petersburg.
4342. The iconostasis. The Church of St Cosmas and St Damian in the village of Bolshiye Gribovichi, Lvov Region.
4443. The Holy Trinity (in a cartouche). The Church of St Cosmas and St Damian. Village of Bolshiye Gribovichi, Lvov Region.
4544. The Vernicle (in a cartouche). The Church of St Cosmas and St Damian. Village of Bolshiye Gribovichi, Lvov Region.
4645. Mykola Morokhovsky (?), Christ Before Caiaphas, 1637-38. The Fraternal Church of the Dormition, Lvov.
4746. Mykola Morokhovsky (?), The Judgement of the Sanhedrin, 1637-38. The Fraternal Church of the Dormition, Lvov.
4847. Mykola Morokhovsky (?), Christ Before Herod, 1637-38. The Fraternal Church of the Dormition, Lvov.
4948. Mykola Morokhovsky (?), Christ Before Pilate, 1637-38. The Fraternal Church of the Dormition, Lvov.
5049. Mykola Morokhovsky (?), The Washing of Feet, 1637-38. The Fraternal Church of the Dormition, Lvov.