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 - Survey courseThe Getty Museum's reputation for quality is upheld in this small format handbook. Chock full of reproductions, it includes obscure images. The color quality shows egg tempera's true and intense hues on feel good low gloss paper. Copy is like a short survey course-informative and addictive. This is a good reference book. Rating: - AWESOME Value.Good things: For the price, this book has a way more bang for the buck than most icon books. Look at the number of pages, and each of them has an icon. The paper is very nice, glossy and heavy. The icons are explained in depth, with indications of the meaings of each part, and a short history of the icon. Nitpicks: I wish the book were a little larger, but then again I say that about all icon books. Also, I seriously wish someone would include Ethopian and Coptic and other Church icons in some of these books, especially one this size and this thorough. There were tons of the standard Byzantine/Greek/Russian icons, some of them redundant, which could have had some Syrian/Ethopian/Coptic/Arabic etc icons in there too. But these nitpicks aren't reason to not buy the book, or even deduct a star. Rating: - Icons and Saint Of Eastern Orthodox ChurchThis is one of the best description of life sourrounding the main icon that I have seen. Usually the main icon is known but the small icons are seldom known or identified. This is my second copy that I've purchased for a friend who writes icons. My original copy is been held in captivity my another icon writer. Who knows, I may need to buy a third copy. Rating: - Beautiful and informative bookI was very happily surprised by the depth of information in this book. Literally every major detail of every icon is explained. The reader will see elaborate icons rendered for the royal doors of churches, as well as the standard portrait-sized images. The book offers a wealth of knowledge to the student of art as well as to those who want to know more about the spiritual significance of icons. An enjoyable and edifying history. Rating: - A great value!I bought this book because I am interested in icons and wanted more than the few images that are usually featured in books about icons. Well, this volume has HUNDREDS, all arranged by saints and persons of the church. It's a great value for the price. The images are clear and colorful and printed on glossy paper. There is a minimum of words in this book, which I liked because I wanted the images, but there is enough explanation to understand the context and the creation of the image. The book is a small and chunky paperback, and I can predict that I might break the spine if I use the book overmuch, but I recommend this book anyway because of the wealth of images. I am very happy with this book.
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