Краски древнерусской живописи

I offer the book Paints of Old Russian Painting. Author Alpatov. Alpatov is a well-known specialist in icon painting. In the second half of his book, he was in great demand. In this book, he explores the meaning of color in ancient Russian icon painting. It is enough for an icon painter that an object can be recognized by color. According to the dark cherry cloak - the Mother of God, according to the light crimson - the Apostle Paul, according to the ocher - the Apostle Peter, according to the bright red cloak of the martyrs George or Dmitry. Of course, the icon painters did not always follow these rules. They could not help but deviate from it. This book explores the style of the icon painter FEOFAN, as well as Rublev. What do they have in common and what is the difference. All this can be learned from this book

The book is structured as follows. Introductory part, where paints are analyzed. The entire accompanying part is replete with references to illustrations. There are about 60 such illustrations in total. In addition, there is a translation of the introductory part into English. There is a list of illustrations