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Last Judgment iconography in the Carpathians /

"Few subjects in Christianity have inspired artists as much as the Last Judgment. Last Judgment Iconography in the Carpathians examines over 100 images of the Last Judgment, with an emphasis on those from the fifteenth century to the eighteenth century, in the Carpathian mountain region of Ukra...

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Main Author: Himka, John-Paul, 1949- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2009]
Subjects:
Judgment Day in art.
Apocalypse in art.
Icons > Carpathian Mountains Region > History.
Christianity and art > Orthodox Eastern Church.
End of the world in art.
Carpathian Mountains Region > Religious life and customs.
Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9781442697607
1442697601
9781487523411
1487523416
9781487530600
1487530609
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Origins
  • Further elaboration
  • Disintegration
  • Conclusions
  • Appendix 1 : Place names in different languages
  • Appendix 2 : Ephraim the Syrian's Sermon on the second coming of our Lord Jesus Christ : summary
  • Appendix 3 : The life of St. Basil tthe New : summary
  • Appendix 4 : Early modern Ukrainian sermons on the Last Judgment.

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