Posts by Jonathan Pageau
Church Design Competition in Russia
Editor’s Note: A competition in Russia was launched to design a church, the first dedicated to the New Martyrs of Russia. The result and the winning design, seen below, is quite glorious and truly stands out among the others. Here is a part of the article from the Pravoslavie.ru website. ИП Смирнов Дмитрий Михайлович. Победитель конкурса…
Continue reading »Carving New Materials
A few months ago I posted a piece introducing our readers to Branislav Derkovic, a Serbian carver of exceptional quality. Branislav had asked me to send him some of the stone I use to carve icons, commonly called steatite. This stone was traditionally used in Constantinople for carving small miniatures but also portable icons. In exchange for the stone,…
Continue reading »Master Class Concert Receives Rave Reviews
A few weeks ago, Benedict Sheehan posted about his trip to Moscow and the planned collaborations with Vladimir Gorbik, which included a Master Class of liturgical music culminating into a concert which took place on March 3rd. Here is the article from the Saint-Tikhon website describing the event. source: http://stots.edu/news_130305_1.html Hundreds of faithful from PA,…
Continue reading »Authority on The Right. Power on The Left.
This is post 3 of 3 in the series “The Right and Left Hand in Iconography” Jonathan Pageau examines the recurrence of left and right hand symbolism in traditional art and how they create a pattern of engagement in the world. Mercy on The Right. Rigor on The Left St-Peter on The Right. St-Paul on…
Continue reading »Daniel Neculae: Between Panselinos and Rublev
Daniel Neculae is a Romanian iconographer living in Luxembourg. He has a BA in Byzantine iconography from Bucharest University. He is going to show some of his icons in London, at the Sacred Space Gallery from March 11 to April 04 and so it seemed like a good opportunity to feature his icons here. Upon looking…
Continue reading »Contemporary Georgian Art
There is a facebook page called “Contemporary Christian Art” but most people would not notice because it is all in Georgian script. Although boasting hundreds of pictures of early art from all of Christendom, the most remarkable aspect to those of us who are not in Georgia is how it prominently features contemporary Georgian liturgical…
Continue reading »Carving a Reliquary
There are certain Medieval forms which have always been with me, seeming to affect an almost hypnotic attraction. The casket reliquary or “chasse” is one of these. Shaped like a tomb, but also suggesting a basilica church, these reliquaries most probably originate in early insular (Gaelic/Celtic/Pictish/Saxon) art. Most of us know this shape primarily from…
Continue reading »St-Peter on The Right. St-Paul on the Left.
This is post 2 of 3 in the series “The Right and Left Hand in Iconography” Jonathan Pageau examines the recurrence of left and right hand symbolism in traditional art and how they create a pattern of engagement in the world. Mercy on The Right. Rigor on The Left St-Peter on The Right. St-Paul on…
Continue reading »Mercy on The Right. Rigor on The Left
This is post 1 of 3 in the series “The Right and Left Hand in Iconography” Jonathan Pageau examines the recurrence of left and right hand symbolism in traditional art and how they create a pattern of engagement in the world. Mercy on The Right. Rigor on The Left St-Peter on The Right. St-Paul on…
Continue reading »Byzantine Chapel in Myra Found Under Deep Mud
A recent NY Times article relates the finding of parts of the ancient city of Myra, the home of no one less than St-Nicholas himself. It seems the town was buried under mud during flooding several centuries ago. Archeologists are excavating the pristinely preserved chapel with its fresco and altar. The article has a few pictures. The…
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