The face of the Blessed Virgin. Incarnation and life in the centuries of the Mother of God images. Notes of an icon painter (set of 2 books)

The books contain many revered miraculous icons of the Mother of God, as well as little-known images. The author describes not only history, but primarily the iconography, which includes both the external features of the images and their symbolic language. Much attention is paid to the "genealogy" of images, which was previously studied only in works of art history. In addition to new historical material, well-known legends about miraculous icons have been examined anew.