Visible Image of the Invisible God

A comprehensive and beautifully illustrated guide to Russian icons    Religious icons have been at the spiritual heart of the Christian East for nearly two thousand years. Their mysterious, peaceful quality and almost magnetic power can stop us in our tracks and draw our gaze, without us even knowing why. The sophisticated composition and symbolism of icons emphasize that their subjects are inhabitants of another, transcendent, world. Icons are not simply the art of the Christian East,