Icon Painting of Western Ukraine 16-17C Book + 40 Color Plates (2017 HC)

This oversize coffee-table monograph by Patriarch Dymytriy (Yarema) explores the flowering of Orthodox icon painting in Galicia and the Carpathian region from roughly 1500 to 1650. Published in Lviv in 2017, the 596-page hardcover reproduces more than 600 icons—many held in provincial churches and rarely seen outside Ukraine—and pairs them with scholarly essays in Ukrainian. A matching cardboard folder holds 40 loose 9 × 12 in (23 × 30 cm) color plates on heavy stock, perfect for study or framing. Each plate lists the icon’s title, origin (village, monastery, or private collection), and estimated date. Condition is Near-Fine, basically new: clean boards with minor corner rub, tight binding, crisp pages; a few small shelf nicks on the pictorial cover (see close-ups). All plates present and pristine. Whether you’re a Byzantinist, an icon restorer, or simply want a striking art book for your living room, this set delivers museum-quality imagery and up-to-date Ukrainian scholarship in one impressive package. Item Breakdown: - Author/Compiler: Patriarch Dymytriy (Yarema) - Full Title (transl.): Icon Painting of Western Ukraine, 16th – early 17th Centuries - Language: Ukrainian (with English plate captions) - Publisher / Year: Drukarski Kunshty, Lviv — 2017 - ISBN: 966-02-2114-7 / 978-966-02-2114-7 - Format: Pictorial hardcover + loose-plate folder (40 plates) - Pages: 596 pp. (text & images) - Dimensions: Book 13 × 9.5 × 1.5 in ; plates 9 × 12 in - Weight: ~6 lbs (2.7 kg