Iconographic Unlimitedness

The book Iconographic Unlimitedness raises questions how the most unusual subjects in Orthodox icons were offered and what they really mean. It will tell you about the six-armed Christ, the Virgin Mary the Mermaid and the dove with four heads. You will be immersed in mystical images where human life is presented as a labyrinth, mysterious hands grow out from the crucifix and many eyes stare at the viewer. See violent scenes in which saints and even Jesus himself take up arms. You will understand how laptops, footballs and nuclear reactors appear in sacred images. Together with the author you will unriddle the meaning of mysterious allegories, make excursions into theology and world history, learn about the most incredible Russian incantations and superstitions, and see the rarest icons accessible earlier only to specialists. But the main thing - this book after reading will reveal to you the usual culture and history from a completely new and unknown side.

Sergey Zotov - cultural anthropologist, one of the winners of the Enlightener Prize for his book The Suffering Middle Ages. The Paradoxes of Christian Iconography, doctoral student at the University of Warwick (UK). He is a blogger who runs the famous blog about unusual icons, Iconographic Unlimitedness, which resulted in this book.