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Saint Catherine's Monastery, A Photographic Essay Text by Helen C. Evans, photographs by Bruce White |
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The Holy Monastery of
Saint Catherine, situated among the mountains of In this handsome and
informative book, the Monastery and its buildings are presented in many newly
commissioned color photographs: included are views of the richly decorated
sanctuary of the sixth-century church as well as images of the world's most
outstanding collection of icons. The introduction by His Eminence Archbishop Damianos of Sinai and the essay on the Holy Monastery by
Helen C. Evans augment the powerful and dramatic photographs of the site,
some of them from the Monastery's archives. Additional photographs
and the descriptive captions that accompany the pictures were provided by
members of the Monastery's monastic community. Bruce White is a well-known
photographer who specializes in photographing work of art and monuments; Helen
C. Evans is Curator of Early Christian and Byzantine Art in the
Department of Medieval Art and the Cloisters, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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