New Open-Access Release

Journal of Icon Studies

Volume 4

We are excited to announce the release of Volume 4 of the Journal of Icon Studies. The Journal is an open-access, peer-reviewed resource for the interdisciplinary study of icons from Byzantium to the present.

About the Volume

From the mountain-top treasuries of Georgian monasteries and the clerical collections of Enlightenment Rome to the Midwestern bequests of Cold-War diplomats, discover the fascinating stories of how Orthodox icons came into the collections of Western Europe and America. Edited by Wendy Salmond and Justin Willson.

Articles

‘From Forges to Fiery Furnaces: Amy Putnam, Russian Icon Collector’ by Derrick R. Cartwright
‘The Long Journey of the Jumati Medallions’ by Mariam Otkhmezuri Charlton
‘Richard Hare’s Russian Icon Collection and the Persistent Lure of Byzantium in Anglo-Soviet Artistic Relations’ by Louise Hardiman
‘Collecting Orthodoxy in Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Rome: From the Collection of Agostino Mariotti (1724-1806) to the Vatican Museum (1820-Present)’ by Ginevra Odone
‘Authenticity and Dissimulation in Joseph Davies Icon Collection’ by Justin Willson

For more information, visit https://www.iconmuseum.org/journal-of-icon-studies-volume-4-2025/