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

B 2017

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

FOLETTI, Ivan

Basic information

Original name

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

Authors

FOLETTI, Ivan (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

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

Publisher

Viella

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Book on a specialized topic

Field of Study

60401 Arts, Art history

Country of publisher

Italy

Confidentiality degree

is not subject to a state or trade secret

Publication form

printed version "print"

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14210/17:00097207

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

ISBN

978-88-6728-752-9

UT WoS

000501571500003

Keywords in English

Nikodim Pavlovich Kondakov; historiography; Icon; Byzantine Art

Abstract

In the original language

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.

Cite

FOLETTI, Ivan. From Byzantium to Holy Russia. Nikodim Kondakov (1844-1925) and the Invention of the Icon. Roma: Viella, 2017, 284 pp. Studia Artium Mediaevalium Brunensia 5. ISBN 978-88-6728-752-9.

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FOLETTI, Ivan. \textit{From Byzantium to Holy Russia. Nikodim Kondakov (1844-1925) and the Invention of the Icon}. Roma: Viella, 2017, 284 pp. Studia Artium Mediaevalium Brunensia 5. ISBN~978-88-6728-752-9.

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