A brilliantly illustrated volume, a large and comprehensive view of the icon through 1000 years. 385 color plates covering 7 cultures: Constantinople; Georgia; Thessalonike, Ohrid, and Serbia; the Crusades; Russia; Crete and Central Greece; Rumania. Broad in scope, splendid in execution, thorough in scholarship. The most comprehensive and beautiful single-volume presentation of this magnificent art form. Comprising the following chapters: Introduction: The origins and significance of icons — 1.) The Icons of Constantinople by Kurt Weitzmann — 2.) The Icons of Georgia by Gaiane Alibegasvili and Aneli Volskaja — 3.) The Icons of the Balkan Peninsula and the Greek Islands (1) by Manolis Chatzidakis and Gordana Babic — 4.) The Icons of the period of the Crusades by Kurt Weitzmann — 5.) The Icons of Russia by Mihail Alpatov — 6.) The Icons of the Balkan Peninsula and the Greek Islands (2) by Gordana BabicÌ and Manolis Chatzidakis — 7.) The post-Byzantine Icons of Wallachia and Moldavia by Teodora Voinescu.