Christianity and the Arts in Russia

ISBN-13: 9780521413107 / Angielski / Twarda / 1991 / 266 str.

William C. Brumfield; Milos M. Velimirovich

Opis

The contributors to this book examine various aspects of the relationship among Christianity and the visual arts, architecture, and music in Russia.

Spis treści

Part I. The Art of the Medieval Church: 1. Aural icons of orthodoxy: the sonic typology of Russian bells Edward V. Williams; 2. On the links between music and icon painting in medieval Rus Tatiana Vladyshevskaia; 3. The role of the devotional image in the religious life of pre-Mongol Rus Natalia Teteriatnikov; 4. The Slavic reception of Byzantine chant Kenneth Levy; Part II. Christianity and Russian Folk Belief: 5. Piety and pragmatism: Orthodox saints and Slavic nature gods in Russian folk art Alison Hilton; 6. 'We don't summon spring in the summer': traditional music and beliefs of the contemporary Russian village Margarita Mazo; Part III. Religious Traditions and Modernity: 7. Christian themes in Russian opera Richard F. Taruskin; 8. The 'New Style' and the revival of Orthodox church architecture, 1990–14 William C. Brumfield; 9. Liturgical singing or sacred music? Understanding the aesthetic of the new Russian choral school Vladimir Morosan; 10. The icon and the machine in Russia's religious renaissance, 1900–9 Robert L. Nichols; 11. Orthodoxy and the avant-garde: sacred images in the work of Goncharova, Malevich, and their contemporaries John E. Bowlt; 12. Art and religion in the films of Andrei Tarkovskii Anna Lawton.