Kateryna Novikova. Na perekhresti svitu i dukhu. A brief outline of sacred paintings of Ukraine. (At the Crossroads of the World and the Spirit)

"The Ukrainian icon is characterized by free interpretation of the canon, i.e. the iconographic rules that insisted on highlighting eternity of the sacred world. The divine and earthly, the human world and the Lord's one are clearly delineated in the Eastern spirituality, but in the Ukrainian icon they are approximated with the interplay of the color, light and shade, plasticity of forms and display of emotions.
In sacred art works, Ukrainians present themselves as cheerful people enchanted with their land. Bright colors and floral designs in Ukrainian icons mitigate strictness of Byzantine canons, and dramatic images in them transform into rather melancholic ones. The ability to reconsider various influences has contributed to not only creating the original art rich in schools and trends, but has also helped Ukrainians to maintain their identity.
The proposed publication intends, based on its rich illustrative material, to draw the reader's attention to the Ukrainian sacred painting art as a specific phenomenon of the European culture in the artistic and religious dimensions.

The book's focus will be interesting not only for researchers in arts, culture, religious studies, and in theology, but also for all those not indifferent to the Ukrainian arts and culture."
The publication contains more than 230 color illustrations.
In Ukrainian.
Type of the edition: soft cover, dust cover
Format: 144x200 mm
Number of pages: 328, illustrated edition
Publisher: Tempora, Kyiv
Contents:

- Ukrajins‘ka ikona jak fenomen sakral‘noho mystetstva

- Prochytaty ikonu

- Rus‘kyy ikonopys

- Ikonopys doby Vidrodzhennja

- Ikonopys doby baroko

- Modernyy ikonopys XIX-XX st.

- Poshuky suchasnykh maystriv ta antyikona

- Bibliohrafija