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‘Being’, The Art and Life of Father Sophrony

By Christabel Helena Anderson on September 3, 2020
‘Being’, The Art and Life of Father Sophrony

Archimandrite Sophrony, painting Christ at the Last Supper, early 1980s, the Monastery of St John the Baptist, Refectory.[1]  Image: ©The Stavropegic Monastery of Saint John the Baptist, Essex.   Editorial note: This is the second part of a series on the artistic path and iconographic legacy of Saint Sophrony (Sakharov) as seen through a collection […]

Posted in Artist Features, Iconography, Reviews, Theory, Writers | Tagged abyss, art, biography, book review, Elder Sophrony, England, English Iconography, essex, Father Sophrony, icon painting, iconographer, iconography, liturgical art, Monastery of St. John the Baptist, Paris, Russia, Russian Orthodox, Saint Silouan, St. Silouan the Athonite, St. Sophrony, St. Sophrony the Athonite, Theology, Tradition September 4, 2020

The Nature of Divine Beauty

By Aidan Hart on March 13, 2019
The Nature of Divine Beauty

A Tough Love Many are drawn to the beauty of icons. But clearly this beauty is of a different order than, say, that of a Greek statue, or of a Renaissance painting. Icons are liturgical objects, created for prayer, a means of communion with the Lord. So what are some of the characteristics of divine […]

Posted in Theory | Tagged Aidan Hart, art, Beauty, divine beauty, iconography, Orthodox, Theory March 13, 2019

Sacred Art in Secular Terms

By Jonathan Pageau on March 1, 2018
Sacred Art in Secular Terms

Last year I was invited to speak at the Northwest Catholic Family Education Conference.  The event was going to be quite open to the public and was dealing with the notion of Truth, the truth seen in different walks of life.  I was asked to speak about the truth in art and discuss my own […]

Posted in Theory | Tagged art, contemporary art, iconography, Jonathan Pageau, modern art, secularism March 5, 2018

Making Art with an Axe

By Jonathan Pageau on February 14, 2017
Making Art with an Axe

As we have just passed through the season of Theophany, I have been brought to ponder what Theophany means for art, especially liturgical art. The icon of Theophany offers much to reflect upon as we gaze at the elements it brings together. Just as in our lives and in the world, in the making of Christian […]

Posted in Iconography, Theory | Tagged art, baptism, Christian, iconography, roman, St-John the forerunner, theophany February 14, 2017

The Robot, the Mutant and The Artist

By Jonathan Pageau on March 11, 2016
The Robot, the Mutant and The Artist

[1]One of the weaknesses in our vision of the world is that we tend to look at what surrounds us from one side of an opposition.  This is inevitable as humanity’s existence unfolds like a wheel, waxing and waning, pulled by opposite forces from extreme to extreme.   These extremes feed each other, call each other […]

Posted in Iconography, Theory | Tagged art, iconography, innovation, Jonathan Pageau March 12, 2016

The Transfiguration in Shadow.

By Jonathan Pageau on May 4, 2015
The Transfiguration in Shadow.

Last year I was asked by a patron to carve a large icon of the Transfiguration.  She said: “I am curious to see how you will do that.”  I understood immediately what she meant, and her comment for me went to the core of what icon carving attempts to grapple with.  So much of Orthodox theology, especially since St-Gregory of Palamas […]

Posted in Iconography, Theory | Tagged art, Carving, fr. Andreas Andreaopoulos, Icon, iconography, Orthodoxy, pageau, transfiguration, wood May 4, 2015

Sacred Symbol, Sacred Art

By Jonathan Pageau on March 11, 2015
Sacred Symbol, Sacred Art

In February of this year I was invited by King’s University College to give a talk in their Veritas Series on faith and culture.  The theme of this year’s series was “Speaking about God” exploring the different ways we express and address the Divine. I developed my talk in the context of the many discussions […]

Posted in Theory | Tagged art, Christian, Icon, Jonathan Pageau, sacred art, St-Maximos, symbol, Symbolism, youtube March 11, 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

The problem of art in Anglophone Orthodoxy: a review essay

By Richard Barrett on January 24, 2015
The problem of art in Anglophone Orthodoxy: a review essay

Recently, an online exchange about public outreach efforts with respect to various aspects of Orthodox music and music of Orthodox composers led the following comment by a discussant: What exactly is so “Orthodox” about any kind of pure music? […] [T]o associate any composer with the Church is an empty exercise, since music has only […]

Posted in Music | Tagged art, Arvo Pärt, capella romana, church, George Kordis, Ivan Moody, John Taverner, Jonathan Jackson, Mikko Sidoroff, Music, Neil Gaiman, Orthodox, richard barrett January 29, 2015

On the Gift of Art…Part IV: Challenges After the Clash

By Fr. Silouan Justiniano on January 5, 2015
On the Gift of Art...Part IV: Challenges After the Clash

This is post 4 of 5 in the series “On the Gift of Art… But, What Art” …Each one of us has his own peculiar way of expression…The capable artist is by no means a mechanical copier, but a creator in the true sense of the term. Unfortunately, even among iconographers there are some who […]

Posted in Iconography, Theory | Tagged art, contemporary, iconographer, Icons, romania, romanian, silouan justiniano, Tradition April 7, 2017
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