| Description |
1 online resource (418 pages) |
| Contents |
Framing Russian Art Cover Page; Imprint page; Contents; Editorial Preface; Introduction: The Rhetoric of Framing in Russian Art; Part One: Frame and Image; 1. Symbolic Unity; 2. From the Middle Ages to Romanticism; Part Two: Playing with Space; 3. The Lustre of Power; 4. Between Industry and Art; Conclusion; Abbreviations; References; Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Index |
| Summary |
The notion of the frame in art can refer not only to a material frame bordering an image, but also to a conceptual frame. Both meanings are essential to how the work is perceived. In Framing Russian Art, art historian Oleg Tarasov investigates the role of the frame in its literal function of demarcating a work of art and in its conceptual function affectingthe understanding of what is seen. The first part of the book is dedicated to the framework of the Russian icon. Here, Tarasov explores the historical and cultural meanings of the icon's, setting, and of the iconostasis. Tarasov's |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Picture frames and framing -- Russia
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Picture frames and framing -- Philosophy
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Icons, Russian.
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Art, Russian.
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ART -- General.
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Art, Russian
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Icons, Russian
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Picture frames and framing
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Russia
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Milner-Gulland, Robin
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Wood, Antony
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| ISBN |
9781780230023 |
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1780230028 |
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