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From Byzantium to Holy Russia. Nikodim Kondakov (1844-1925) and the Invention of the Icon

FOLETTI, Ivan

Základní údaje

Originální název

From Byzantium to Holy Russia. Nikodim Kondakov (1844-1925) and the Invention of the Icon

Autoři

FOLETTI, Ivan

Vydání

Roma, 284 s. Studia Artium Mediaevalium Brunensia 5, 2017

Nakladatel

Viella

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Odborná kniha

Obor

60401 Arts, Art history

Stát vydavatele

Itálie

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Forma vydání

tištěná verze "print"

Označené pro přenos do RIV

Ano

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14210/17:00097207

Organizační jednotka

Filozofická fakulta

ISBN

978-88-6728-752-9

Klíčová slova anglicky

Nikodim Pavlovich Kondakov; historiography; Icon; Byzantine Art

Štítky

Příznaky

Recenzováno

Anotace

V originále

Tracing the life and work of Nikodim Kondakov, a pioneer in the field of late Antiquity and Byzantium in eastern Europe, this biography is a true tale of adventure. It follows the complicated and challenging events in Kondakov’s life before and after the Russian Revolution, from his humble beginnings to his university studies and analyzes his inspired creation of an innovative and precocious study of art history in Russia. From a brilliant and successful career to the trauma endured during the Russian Revolution, the story becomes one of wandering and dependence; nevertheless, and in spite of the shift in history and in his own life, Kondakov’s studies sketch a vast geography of Late Antique and medieval culture from the Mediterranean to the Urals. The work approaches distant horizons, giving a glimpse of the migrations from Asia and the inception of medieval Europe with its Christian values; and it travels the paths of history along trails marked by artifacts and monuments. Reconstructing the personal and existential events in Nikodim Kondakov’s life contributes to the understanding of a critical phase in the founding of art history and, more broadly, the histories of Russia and of the countries the scholar traversed during a long life filled with tribulations.