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The Icon Painting of Fr. Stamatis Skliris: A Call for Authenticity

By Fr. Silouan Justiniano on April 21, 2020
The Icon Painting of Fr. Stamatis Skliris: A Call for Authenticity

It could be said that Fr. Stamatis Skliris ranks as one of the most important, albeit idiosyncratic and challenging, contemporary iconographers residing in Greece today: idiosyncratic, because his style stands out in a category of its own, in its personal, expressive potency and unique, at times odd, pictorial synthesis; challenging, because he often breaks all […]

Posted in Artist Features, Iconography | Tagged Authenticity, creativity, Expressionism, icon painting, Impressionism, modern art, Pointillism, Tradition, uniqueness, unrepeatability April 23, 2020

Towards a Great Pictorial Synthesis: Interview with Ioan Popa

By Fr. Silouan Justiniano on April 16, 2018
Towards a Great Pictorial Synthesis: Interview with Ioan Popa

The following is an interview with Romanian master iconographer Ioan Popa. He’s one of the leading representatives of the contemporary icon revival in Romania, focusing in both panel and monumental fresco painting. Our conversation touches on his artistic development, aspects of the professional training of iconographers in Romania and the challenge of creative engagement with […]

Posted in Artist Features, Iconography | Tagged Architecture, creativity, fresco, iconographer, iconography, Icons, liturgical art, panel painting, Tradition April 17, 2018

Imagination, Expression, Icon… Pt. II: Concerning Nous, Techne & Tradition

By Fr. Silouan Justiniano on October 25, 2017
Imagination, Expression, Icon… Pt. II: Concerning Nous, Techne & Tradition

This is part 2 of a series: Part 1   Because they are the works of God, who is Himself good, the senses and sensible objects are good; but they cannot in any way be compared with the intellect [nous] and with intelligible realities. -St. Thalassios, On Love, Self-control and Life in Accordance with the […]

Posted in Theory | Tagged Abstraction, academicism, creativity, icon painting, Naturalism, nous, Pentecost, pictorial, principles, styles, techne, Tradition October 24, 2017

The Sacred Arts Initiative “Rethinking Sacred Arts”

By Fr. Silouan Justiniano on November 30, 2016
The Sacred Arts Initiative "Rethinking Sacred Arts"

The Sacred Arts Initiative  “Rethinking Sacred Arts” A Review Although the task of OAJ has mainly been to work towards the promotion of the revival of traditional Orthodox liturgical arts, along the way we have not hesitated to engage the sphere of secular art. This has not only been relegated to a critique of its […]

Posted in Iconography, Liturgy, Reviews, Theory | Tagged creativity, gallery art, liturgy, non-liturgical art, para-liturgical, sacred art, Secular Art, traditional liturgical arts November 30, 2016

Degraded Iconicity VI: Towards Fullness of Iconicity

By Fr. Silouan Justiniano on July 18, 2013
Degraded Iconicity VI: Towards Fullness of Iconicity

This is post 6 of 6 in the series “Degraded Iconicity” Conclusion: Towards Fullness of Iconicity   Perhaps the Acheiropoietos is the most lucid “mirror reflection” of the Logos and as such the ideal icon, the lucidity or “iconicity” toward which all icons aspire. In it we encounter the principle of “direct imprinting” of the image […]

Posted in Iconography, Liturgical Objects, Theory | Tagged creativity, iconography, liturgical art, painting, Symbolism April 1, 2017
 

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