Christianity and the Arts in Russia

Part I. The Art of the Medieval Church: 1. Aural icons of orthodoxy: the sonic typology of Russian bells Edward V. Williams; 2. On the links between music and icon painting in medieval Rus Tatiana Vladyshevskaia; 3. The role of the devotional image in the religious life of pre-Mongol Rus Natalia Teteriatnikov; 4. The Slavic reception of Byzantine chant Kenneth Levy; Part II. Christianity and Russian Folk Belief: 5. Piety and pragmatism: Orthodox saints and Slavic nature gods in Russian folk art Alison Hilton; 6. 'We don't summon spring in the summer': traditional music and beliefs of the contemporary Russian village Margarita Mazo; Part III. Religious Traditions and Modernity: 7. Christian themes in Russian opera Richard F. Taruskin; 8. The 'New Style' and the revival of Orthodox church architecture, 1990–14 William C. Brumfield; 9. Liturgical singing or sacred music? Understanding the aesthetic of the new Russian choral school Vladimir Morosan; 10. The icon and the machine in Russia's religious renaissance, 1900–9 Robert L. Nichols; 11. Orthodoxy and the avant-garde: sacred images in the work of Goncharova, Malevich, and their contemporaries John E. Bowlt; 12. Art and religion in the films of Andrei Tarkovskii Anna Lawton.