ECU Libraries Catalog

Christianity and the arts in Russia / edited by William C. Brumfield, Milos M. Velimirovich.

Other author/creatorBrumfield, William Craft, 1944-
Other author/creatorVelimirović, Miloš.
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoCambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1991.
Description172 pages, 72 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm
Supplemental Content Table of contents
Supplemental Content Publisher description
Subject(s)
Contents Aural icons of Orthodoxy : the sonic typology of Russian bells / Edward V. Williams -- On the links between music and icon painting in medieval Rus / Tatiana Vladyshevskaia -- The role of the devotional image in the religious life of pre-Mongol Rus / Natalia Teteriatnikov -- The slavic reception of Byzantine Chant / Kenneth Levy -- Piety and pragmatism : Orthodox saints and Slavic nature gods in Russian folk art / Alison Hilton -- "We don't summon spring in the summer" : traditional music and beliefs of the contemporary Russian village / Margarita Mazo -- Christian themes in Russian opera / Richard F. Taruskin -- The "New style" and the revival of Orthodox Church architecture, 1900-1914 / William C. Brumfield -- Liturgical singing or sacred music? : understanding the aesthetic of the New Russian choral school / Vladimir Morosan -- The icon and the machine in Russia's religious renaissance, 1900-1909 / Robert L. Nichols -- Orthodoxy and the avant-garde : sacred images in the work of Goncharova, Malevich, and their contemporaries / John E. Bowlt -- Art and religion in the films of Andrei Tarkovskii / Anna Lawton.
General note"This volume is based on, but not limited to ... essays presented at a symposium, held in May 1988 at the Library of Congress ... dedicated to the millennium of the baptism of Rus in 988 ..."
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Genre/formAufsatzsammlung.
Genre/formChurch history.
Genre/formConference papers and proceedings.
LCCN 91022919
ISBN0521413109
ISBN9780521413107
ISBN9780521089234
ISBN0521089239

Available Items

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Music Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk BX510 .C47 1991 ✔ Available Place Hold