Theology of the Icon vol. I & II

St. Vladimir Seminary Press
translated by Leonid Ouspensky and Anthony Gythiel
ISBN: 0881411248
price: $26.95  

The most comprehensive introduction available to the history and theology of the icon. Surveys the development of the sacred art of the Christian East from its beginnings in catacomb art through the iconoclastic controversies of the eighth and ninth centuries to the development of early Russian iconography and the state of the art today.