Icon Painting: State Museum Of Palekh Art
Hardbound
1994 · Moscow
by Knyazeva, Lyudmila (Preface)
Moscow: Progress Publishing Group, 1994. Hardbound. VG+, bookplate and tiny sticker at base of spine. Red cloth with gilt embossed design and yellow color illustrated dustjacket. 151 pp., 115+ color plates, The State Museum of Palekh Art possesses a rich collection of Old Russian paintings and sculptures, iconographic drawings, early printed books, and objects of applied arts (precious frameworks, copper art castings, spinning-wheels, fabrics, etc). Traditional Palekh style of Russian folk painting is done with tempera paints on small items. Palekh is a town about 350 km east of Moscow. This book includes the most outstanding iconographic works executed between the 14th and 20th centuries. Ample annotation text and the essay are in Russian and English. (Inventory #: 101175)