"English translation of Otkrytie i izuchenie russkoi srednevekovoi zhivopisi (Moscow: Iskusstvo, 1986) (c) Copyright 2011 by Bronze Horseman Literary Agency, Larchmont, New York, 10538."

"A Bronze Horseman Translation."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Front Matter -- Copyright page / Gerol’d I. Vzdornov -- / Gerol’d I. Vzdornov -- Preface / Gerol’d I. Vzdornov -- Acknowledgments / Gerol’d I. Vzdornov -- List of Illustrations / Gerol’d I. Vzdornov -- List of Abbreviations / Gerol’d I. Vzdornov -- General Information on Russian Icons and Frescoes / Gerol’d I. Vzdornov -- First Steps in the Discovery of Medieval Russian Painting / Gerol’d I. Vzdornov -- The Artist-Archaeologist F. G. Solntsev and the Artist-Restorer N. I. Podkliuchnikov / Gerol’d I. Vzdornov -- The 1840s Men of Letters, Palaeologists, Collectors / Gerol’d I. Vzdornov -- F. I. Buslaev and His Contemporaries / Gerol’d I. Vzdornov -- Learned Societies / Gerol’d I. Vzdornov -- Museums, Private Collections, and Exhibitions / Gerol’d I. Vzdornov -- Academy and University Scholarship / Gerol’d I. Vzdornov -- Conclusion / Gerol’d I. Vzdornov.

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This is the first study in any language to trace the emergence of the art historical interest in icon painting in the nineteenth century with its evident impact on the course of Russian modernism in the twentieth century. Given the surge in popularity of the Russian avant-garde, a book devoted to the gradual awareness of the artistic value of icons and their effect on Russian aesthetics is timely. The discoveries, the false starts, the incompetence, the interaction of dilettantes and academics, the meddling of tsars and church officials, all make for a fascinating tale of growing cultural awarenss. It is a story that prepares the ground for the explosioin of Russian cultural creativity and acceptability in the early twentieth century.

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