icons

Presents the Byzantine and Russian icons in the Menil Collection.

Frederica Mathewes-Green invites readers into an imaginary Orthodox church to view twelve of the world's most significant icons throughout the church year.

Explores icons featuring Christian saints and how they have been used by the Eastern Orthodox Church throughout history, with descriptions and reproductions of key works.

This is a book of meditations penned by famed Catholic writer Henri Nouwen, growing out of his contemplation of icons during sojourns at l'Arche, a community for people with mental handicaps in Trosly, France.

"Matthew Spear, a young Greek-American curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, meets the lovely Ana Kessler, a sometime art dealer who has inherited an impressive collection from her mysterious grandfather. Matthew soon discovers that the jewel of the old man's cache is none other than the Holy Mother of Katarini--a sacred icon long thought destroyed in a fire. But while Matthew recognizes the icon's value as a work of art--and a star in his crown if he can add it to the museum's collection--he soon discovers that it carries a far greater significance to numerous people, including his own grandfather and godfather."--book jacket.