Philipp Schweinfurth (Introduction)
Russian Icons.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1953. Iris Books. 60 pages.
Volume, measuring approximately 7.75" x 10.25", is bound in white paer-covered boards, with red lettering to spine and front cover. Book shows light shelfwear. Binding is firm. Bookplate appears on front pastedown. Pages are clean and bright. "Fourteen plates in colour. Twelve fullpage illustrations." Illustrated dust jacket displays wear at edges, with (closed) tears and minor loss. Jacket is preserved in mylar cover.
"...examples of icons from great European and American collections...and some of the most important icons in the Moscow National Museum. Philipp Schweinfurth, of the Institute of Archaeology in Istanbul, has provided notes for each color plate and an introduction describing the origin and history of icon painting, the interpretation of icons, and the techniques used by the painters."