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Today and Tomorrow: Principles in the Training of Future Iconographers pt.2

By Aidan Hart on May 26, 2016
Today and Tomorrow: Principles in the Training of Future Iconographers pt.2

This is post 2 of 2 in the series “Today and Tomorrow: Principles in the Training of Future Iconographers” Aidan Hart looks at principles of style, composition and fabrication in icons, how these are meaningful in our consideration of iconography and how such considerations should be transmitted to the next generation of artists. Today and […]

Posted in Iconography, Theory | Tagged Aidan Hart, Byzantine, contemporary, iconographers, iconography, teaching April 8, 2017

Lighting in Orthodox Churches: Liturgical Principles and Practical Ideas

By Aidan Hart on August 27, 2015
Lighting in Orthodox Churches: Liturgical Principles and Practical Ideas

What are we aiming to achieve when we choose lighting for an Orthodox church? We need a certain amount of light to see, but lighting also creates an ambience, helps to create an inner state. So what ambience are we seeking to create in our churches? These and other questions face parishes and monasteries when […]

Posted in Architecture, Minor Arts | Tagged Aidan Hart, Byzantine, chandelier, choros, lamp, lampada, liturgical lighting, oil lamp, Orthodox, polycandelon, russian, vigil lamp August 27, 2015

Ciboria and Tabernacles: A Short History

By Aidan Hart on April 8, 2015
Ciboria and Tabernacles: A Short History

(This article continuation of my last post: Holy Tables with Reliquaries: A Short History ) The Ciborium A ciborium is a form of canopy supported by columns over the holy table (25). It is sometimes also called a baldachin, but strictly speaking this latter term should be limited to cloth canopies. Ciboria came to be common, […]

Posted in Architecture, Church Furniture, Liturgical Objects | Tagged Aidan Hart, altar, Artophoria, Ciboria, ciborium, tabernacle, templon August 24, 2015

Holy Tables with Reliquaries, a Short History

By Aidan Hart on April 3, 2015
Holy Tables with Reliquaries, a Short History

In this overview and the one that will follow I have combined the history of altars (also called holy tables), ciboria and tabernacles because their respective developments are somewhat related. In this first section I will deal with Holy Tables and will focus on ciboria and tabernacles in the second installment.   My interest in […]

Posted in Church Furniture, Liturgical Objects, Minor Arts | Tagged Aidan Hart, altar, Orthodox, Ravenna, reliquary August 24, 2015

A Cloisonné Enamel Reliquary Icon of Saint Vincent of Zaragoza

By Christabel Helena Anderson on March 3, 2015
A Cloisonné Enamel Reliquary Icon of Saint Vincent of Zaragoza

Editor’s note:  This article continues Aidan Hart’s recent article about a reliquary for Saint Vincent of Zaragoza and details Christabel Anderson’s process for making the cloisonnée icon.   This article contains a background to the history and technique of cloisonné enamel and a description of the processes used in making the cloisonné enamel icon plaque of Saint Vincent […]

Posted in Iconography, Liturgical Objects, Minor Arts | Tagged Aidan Hart, Anglo-Saxon, art, Byzantine, champlevé, Christ, cloisonne, design, Eastern Orthodox, enamel, enameling, enamelling, gold, Icon, iconographer, iconography, kiln, madrid, Metalwork, okhlad, Orthodox Church, precious metals, protomartyr, quill, reliquary, repousse, Revetment, riza, Russia, Russian icons, saint, Saint Mary Magdalene, Saint Vincent, silver, St. Vincent, Symbolism, techniques March 1, 2015

Reliquary of St-Vincent of Zaragoza

By Aidan Hart on February 21, 2015
Reliquary of St-Vincent of Zaragoza

For many years I had wanted to design some liturgical work involving cloisonné, so I was delighted when Father Andrey Kordochkin of the Russian Orthodox Church of St Mary Magdalene approached me to make a reliquary for St Vincent of Zaragoza. In the cloisonné technique, thin wire is laid onto plate, usually of silver or […]

Posted in Liturgical Objects, Minor Arts | Tagged Aidan Hart, Christabel Anderson, cloisonnee, reliquary, st-vincent of zaragoza, wenge August 24, 2015

ARCHIMANDRITE ZENON (THEODOR): His Life and Work

By Aidan Hart on November 6, 2014
ARCHIMANDRITE ZENON (THEODOR): His Life and Work

I am not given to adulation: it places too heavy a burden of expectation on the unfortunate recipient, and often hinders the adorer. But I must confess I border on adulation for the works of the contemporary Russian iconographer and fresco painter, Archimandrite Zenon (Teodor) Every once in a while an iconographer appears who is […]

Posted in Artist Features, Iconography | Tagged Aidan Hart, archimandrate Zenon, art, biography, father Zenon, fresco, Icon, iconographer, iconography, membrane, Russia, Zeno, Zenon, Zinon, Архимандрит З0инон June 5, 2017

Book Review — Beauty-Spirit-Matter: Icons in the Modern World, by Aidan Hart

By Fr. Silouan Justiniano on July 14, 2014
Book Review --  Beauty-Spirit-Matter: Icons in the Modern World, by Aidan Hart

For the past 12 years or so, when perusing Aidan Hart’s essays and lectures, I often wondered if they would ever be published in book form. So it was a pleasant surprise to encounter some of them collected in Hart’s most recent book, Beauty-Spirit-Matter: Icons in the Modern World. It’s a long overdue book, bringing […]

Posted in Iconography, Reviews, Theory | Tagged Aidan Hart, art, book, Icon, iconography, modern, review July 14, 2014

Our Lady of Lincoln Sculpture

By Aidan Hart on June 17, 2014
Our Lady of Lincoln Sculpture

I had often wondered if a three dimensional sculpture could be made to act like an icon, leading the viewer to the holy person depicted rather than acting as a self-contained art object. And so I was pleased when I was commissioned to design and carve a two metre (6′-6″) high stone sculpture of the […]

Posted in Iconography | Tagged Aidan Hart, England, iconography, limestone, lincoln cathedral, Our Lady of Lincoln, pilgrimage, polychrome, romanesque, sculpture, shrine August 24, 2015

Aidan Hart’s New Book on Icons in the Modern World

By Jonathan Pageau on May 20, 2014
Aidan Hart's New Book on Icons in the Modern World

In the spirit of Aidan Hart’s last series for OAJ (Holy Icons in Today’s World: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3),  his most recent book, “BEAUTY MATTER SPIRIT: Icons in the Modern World”,  focuses on the implications of the icon and its theology for our lives in the twenty-first century. 256 pages. Over 30 colour plates. […]

Posted in News | Tagged Aidan Hart, book, Icon, iconography, modern world, Orthodox May 20, 2014
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