Script: Simplified Chinese Publisher: Peking University Press Date: January 2012 Format/Pages: 22.8 x 15.4 x 2 cm/illustrated softcover/280 pp ISBN: 9787301196236 Availability: ship from Hong Kong Price: $9.99 USD (69 RMB; 78 HKD)
The History of Orthodox Icons, the first book in Chinese on the study of Orthodox icons, illustrated in systematic form to introduce and explain the historical origins of the Orthodox icon, visual meaning, religious functions, the artistic features of the basic types, as well as from the Byzantine the course of artistic development of Russian iconography.
Written and published by non-Orthodox. Recommended for the mainland Chinese scholar seeking a historical perspective, but read with discretion.