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BOOKS & REFERENCES
Icon Arts a list of over 40 books on theology and spirituality of icons, angels and the heavenly hierarchy, history of the icon, saints, handbooks which include ancient patterns for icons, and spiritual textbooks such as the Philokalia. There is a list of hard to find books at the end of the page. Icon Arts bookstore, in association with Amazon.com, offers you the convenience of buying these books directly from our store. Just click on the "Add To Cart" link next to the book you want. Amazon will open in a second window.
PRIMARY SOURCES Back to top
	Holy Scriptures, King James version
	On the Divine Images, by St. John of Damascus
	On the Holy Icons, by St. Theodore the Studite
THEOLOGY & SPIRITUALITY Back to top
	The Icon: Window on the Kingdom, by Michel Quenot
	The Resurrection and the Icon, by Michel Quenot
	The Person in the Orthodox Tradition, by Metropolitan Nafpaktos Hierotheos, translated by Esther Williams
	The Orthodox Veneration of Mary the Birthgiver of God, by St. John Maximovitch
	On the Soul and the Resurrection, by St. Gregory of Nyssa
	On Water and the Spirit: A Liturgical Study of Baptism, by Alexander Schmemann
	Theology of the Icon, vols. 1 & 2, by Leonid Ouspensky
	The Art of the Icon: A Theology of Beauty, by Paul Evdokimov
	God's Human Face: The Christ-Icon, by Christopher Schönborn
	Iconostasis, by Pavel Florensky
	The Ladder of Divine Ascent, by John Climacus
	Orthodox Iconography, by Constantine Cavarnos
	Behold the Beauty of the Lord, by Henri J.M. Nouwen
	The Icon: Windows on the Kingdom, by Michel Quenot
	Doors of Perception: Icons and Their Spiritual Significance, by John Baggley
	The Way of a Pilgrim and a Pilgrim Continues on His Way, Olga Savin (trans.)
	The Image of God as Father in Orthodox Theology and Iconography, by Fr. Steven Bigham
	The Aesthetic Face of Being: Art in the Theology of Pavel Florensky, by Victor Bychkov
	The Way of a Pilgrim and The Pilgrim Continues His Way, Helen Bacovcin (trans.)/This book might have limited availability
	Unseen Warfare: The Spiritual Combat and Path to Paradise, by Lorenzo Scupoli, edited by Nicodemus of the Holy Mountain. The original Roman Catholic work of Scupoli's can be found in "Theatine Spirituality" and it is part of the Selected Writings of Classics of Western Spirituality by the Paulist Press.
	Festivals Icons of the Church Year, by John Baggley
	On The Dormition of Mary: Early Patristic Homilies, Brian J. Daley (editor)
	In the Image and Likeness of God, by Vladimir Lossky
	The Mystical Theology of the Eastern Church, by Vladimir Lossky
	On The Incarnation, by St. Athanasius
	The Spiritual Life, by St. Theophan the Recluse
	The Art of Prayer, an Orthodox Anthology compiled by Igumen Chariton of Valamo
	On Prayer, by Archimandrite Sophronii
	On The Divine Liturgy, by St. Germanus
INCORPOREAL BEINGS: ANGELS Back to top
	Celestial Hierarchies, in Pseudo-Dionysius: The Complete Works, Classics of Western Spirituality
HISTORY & HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES Back to top
	The Art of the Byzantine Empire: 312 - 1453, by Cyril Mango
	Early Christian and Byzantine Art, by John Beckwith
	Art of the Byzantine Era, by David Talbot Rice
	Early Christian and Byzantine Art, by John Lowden
	The Russian Icon: from its origins to the 16th Cty, by Viktor Nikitich Lazarev. This is a large hardcover with tons of large beautiful photographs of icons.
	The Orthodox Church, by Timothy Ware
HANDBOOKS Back to top
	The Iconographer's Patternbook: The Stroganov Tradition, Fr. Christopher P. Kelley, translator / This book has good general information on vestments. It follows the Church calendar month by month and has patterns for many of the feast days and lots of patterns of rows of saints and clergy.
	The Icon Painter's Notebook: The Bolshakov Edition, Gregory Melnick ,translator / This one has fewer but larger patterns of several scenes from Genesis and the Gospels. The first part of the book has descriptions for the icons of the entire Church calendar year. The descriptions explain the colors of the clothes of each person on the icon, the type of beard a particular saint has, and many more details.
	The Practice of Tempera Painting, Daniel V. Thompson Jr. / This book describes in detail the tempera painting technique used by Cennino Cennini a Rennaissance Florentine artist. It discusses grounds, drawing, metal leafing, pigments, and other supplies, painting and varnishing.
	The Icon Handbook: A guide to understanding icons and the Liturgy, symbols & practices of the Russian Orthodox Church, David Coomler
OUT OF PRINT, LIMITED AVAILABILITY OR HARD TO FIND Back to top
	Byzantine Thought and Art, by Constantine Cavarnos.
	Byzantine Sacred Art: Selected writings of contemporary Greek icon painter Fotis Kontoglous on Sacred Art according to the tradition of the East, by Fotis Kontoglous & Constantine Cavarnos.
	The Icon: Image of the Invisible, by Egon Sendler.
	The Philokalia, the complete text, vols. 1 - 4.
	The Deification of Man: St Gregory Palamas and the Orthodox Tradition, by Georgios I.Mantzaridis and Liadain Sharrard.
	Triads, by St. Gregory Palamas (from Contemporary Greek Theologians Series #2.)/ Limited availability.
	Icon and Logos: Sources in Eight Century Iconoclasm, by Daniel J.Sahas
	The Painter's Manual of Dionysius of Fourna, by Peter Hetherington.

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