Presentation of the Book “Hierotopy of Light and Fire in the Culture of the Byzantine World”. Ed. Alexei Lidov
11.03.2014 -
On March 11, 2014 at 18.30 in the White Hall of the Russian Academy of Arts there was a presentation of the Book “Hierotopy of Light and Fire in the Culture of the Byzantine World /ed. Alexei Lidov. Moscow. “Theoria”. 2013, 558 pp. 186 ills. The presentation was attended by Members of the Presidium and Academicians of the Russian Academy of Arts, leading art historians from Russia and other countries.
Within the framework of the presentation, on the occasion of his 55th anniversary the Academician of the Russian Academy of Arts and head of the above research project Alexei Lidov was presented with the highest Academy’s order “For Services to Academy”.
The collection tackles the subject of light and fire and the role of these elements in making of sacred spaces, mostly in the Byzantine and Russian Medieval tradition. These Christian phenomena are considered within their wide historical and geographical context. The present book is clearly of a multi-and-interdisciplinary character, thus, appealing to scholars with various research interests and academic backgrounds. Several articles explore and focus on artistic aspects of light and fire, as well as look at the methodology of the subject in the modern art history. The volume is a next step of continuous research, dedicated to the making of sacred spaces as a separate form of artistic and spiritual creativity.
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