{"product_id":"beyond-vision-pavel-florensky-9781861893079","title":"Beyond Vision: Essays on the Perception of Art","description":"\u003ci\u003eBeyond Vision\u003c\/i\u003e is the first English-language collection of essays on art by Pavel Florensky (1882-1937), Russian philosopher, priest, linguist, scientist, mathematician - and art historian. In addition to seven essays by Florensky, the book includes a biographical introduction and an examination of Florensky's contribution as an art historian by Nicoletta Misler. \u003ci\u003eBeyond Vision\u003c\/i\u003e reveals Florensky's fundamental attitudes to the vital questions of construction, composition, chronology, function and destination in the fields of painting, sculpture and design. His reputation as a theologian and philosopher is already established in the English-speaking world, but this first collection in English of his art essays (translated by Wendy Salmond) will be a revelation to those in the field. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePavel Florensky was a true polymath: trained in mathematics and philosophy at Moscow University, he rejected a scholarship in advanced mathematics in order to study theology at the Moscow Theological Academy. He was also an expert linguist, scientist and art historian. A victim of the Soviet government's animosity towards religion, he was condemned to a Siberian labor camp in 1933 where he continued his work under increasingly difficult circumstances. He was executed in 1937.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Pavel Florensky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1861893078\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781861893079\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Reaktion Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 5.80w x 1.00d","brand":"Pavel Florensky","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43939041575167,"sku":"9781861893079","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_24705a49-1cd4-425e-be6a-020abf148a0a.jpg?v=1681439149","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/beyond-vision-pavel-florensky-9781861893079","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}