| Format |
BK |
| Leader |
nam a22 a 4500 |
| Control No. |
000323752 |
| Date & Time Last Tr |
20220720070235.0 |
| Fixed-Length Field |
220114t20222022enka b 001 0 eng d |
| LC Control No. |
2022930616 |
| National Bib. No. |
GBC1L1229 bnb |
| Nat.Bib.Agcy.Ctrl.N |
020430437 Uk |
| ISBN |
9780198854302 (hbk.) |
| ISBN |
0198854307 (hbk.) |
| Cataloging Source |
YDX eng rda YDX BDX UKMGB OCLCO OCLCF CDX NLW DLC |
| Language Code |
eng chu chu |
| Authentication Code |
lccopycat |
| Geographic Area Cod |
e-ru--- |
| LC Call No. |
DF501 .O94 2022 |
| ME-Personal Name |
Kriza, Ágnes, 1975-. author. |
| Uniform Title |
[Depicting orthodoxy] |
| Title |
Depicting orthodoxy in the Russian Middle Ages :. the Novgorod icon of Sophia, the Divine Wisdom / Ágnes Kriza. |
| Edition Statement |
First edition. |
| Publication Area |
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2022. |
| Phys.Description |
xix, 362 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Series Statement |
( Oxford studies in Byzantium) |
| Summary, Etc. |
"The image of Divine Wisdom, traditionally associated with the Sophia Cathedral in Novgorod, is an innovation of the fifteenth 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, together with the dating and localisation of the first appearance of the iconography, 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, Depicting Orthodoxy in the Russian Middle Ages deciphers the meaning of this icon. In contrast to previous interpretations, Kriza argues that the winged Sophia is the personification of the Orthodox Church. The Novgorod Wisdom icon represents the Church of Hagia Sophia, that is, Orthodoxy, as it was perceived in fifteenth-century Rus. Depicting Orthodoxy asserts that the icon, together with its commentary, was a visual-textual response to the Union of Florence between the Catholic and Orthodox Churches, signed in 1439 but rejected by the Russians in 1441. This interpretation is based on detailed interdisciplinary research, drawing on philology, art history, theology, and history. Kriza's study challenges some key assumptions concerning the relevance of Church Schism of 1054, the polemics between the Greeks and the Latins about the bread of Eucharist, and the role of the Union of Florence in the history of Russian art. In particular, by studying both well- and lesser-known works of art alongside overlooked textual evidence, this volume investigates how the Christian Church and its true faith were defined and visualized in Rus and Byzantium throughout the centuries"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Language Note |
English and Church Slavic. |
| General Note |
Updated and extended version of the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Cambridge, 2017, under the title: Depicting orthodoxy : the Novgorod Sophia icon reconsidered. |
| Bibliography Note |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-352) and index. |
| Local Note |
gen1222 |
| Subject-Topical-LC |
Wisdom (Biblical personification) |
| Subject-Corporate |
Orthodox Eastern Church -- In art. |
| Subject-Topical-LC |
Icons, Russian -- Russia (Federation) -- Velikiĭ Novgorod -- History -- 15th century. |
| Subject-Meeting |
Council of Florence, (1438-1445 :, Florence, Italy) |
| Series AE-Uni.Title |
Oxford studies in Byzantium. |
| Location |
Gennadius Library ; DF501 ; .O94 2022 |
| Location |
Gennadius Library ; DF501 ; .O94 2022 |
| 004 |
000323752 |
| Fixed-Length Field |
2212142p 8 l001 eng1000000 |
| Location |
; DF501 ; .O94 2022 |
| Sys.No. |
000323752 |
