Nikodim Kondakov
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Nikodim (or Nikodeme) Pavlovich Kondakov (Russian: Никоди́м Па́влович Кондако́в; 1 (13) November 1844, Olshanka, Kursk Governorate, Russian Empire– 17 February 1925, Prague, Czechoslovakia), was an art historian with special expertise in the history of Russian and Serbian Christian icons. He is remembered as a pioneer among art historian who studied the treasures of Mount Athos like Frenchman Gabriel Millet.
Biography
Nicodem Pavlovitch Kondakov was born in the
Fedor Buslaev
from 1861 to 1865.
After graduation he taught in the Moscow Art School.
In 1870 he became a lecturer in the University of Novorossia,
Odessa National University, Ukraine
), and in 1877 a professor there.
From 1888 he taught in
Russian Academy of Fine Arts, and from 1898 a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. In 1895 with Fyodor Uspensky he founded the Russian Archaeological Institute of Constantinople
.
During the
Odessa and Yalta (see: South Russia (1919–1920)
).
In 1920 he emigrated to
Prague University
until his death in 1925.
In his first book, on Greek
Eastern Roman Empire
.
See also
- Stevan Dimitrijević
- Gabriel Millet
- Ljuba Kovačević
- Ljubomir Stojanović
- Vladimir Ćorović
- Alexander Solovyev
Further reading
- ISBN 1-57607-199-5), Vol. I, pp. 165–174.
- Ivan Foletti, From Byzantium to Holy Russia Nikodim Kondakov (1844-1925) and the Invention of the Icon, Roma: Viella 2017, ISBN 9788867287529
- Nikodim Pavlovič Kondakov, Iconografia della Madre di Dio, vol. I, Roma: Viella 2014, ISBN 9788867282104
External links
- Iconography of Mother of God, vol. 1–2. Saint Petersburg 1914; Prague 1915 (in Russian)
- History of Byzantine Miniature Painting (1876/2012) (in Russian)
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