The classic work on the techniques, language, and interpretation of icons in the context of theology and faith. Commentary and analysis of the main types of icons. Lavishly illustrated, with 160 pages of text with drawings, 13 b/w, and 51 color plates. "In the nearly 40 years since the publication of the first German edition of this book, it has lost virtually none of its value for researchers, collectors, and in general anyone interested in iconography." - Konrad Onasch, Theologische Literaturzeitung. "The Meaning of Icons, written with the theologian Vladimir Lossky, has done more than any single book for the study and application of icons in the twentieth century." - Charles Lock, Canadian Slavonic Papers. Other books on Iconography published by St Vladimir's Seminary Press include: Doors of Perception: Icons and Their Significance, by John Baggley & Richard Temple; The Art of the Icon: A Theology of Beauty, by Paul Evdokimov; Theology of the Icon: Volumes I and II, by Leonid Ouspensky; The Resurrection and the Icon, by Michel Quenot; and Iconostasis, by Pavel Florensky.