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An Icon of the Kingdom of God: The Integrated Expression of all the Liturgical Arts – Part 9: Linens

By Andrew Gould on June 24, 2013
An Icon of the Kingdom of God: The Integrated Expression of all the Liturgical Arts – Part 9: Linens

This is post 9 of 12 in the series “An Icon of the Kingdom of God” Andrew Gould gives a unifying vision of how all the liturgical arts complement each other to create a living icon of the Kingdom of God. An Icon of the Kingdom of God: The Integrated Expression of all the Liturgical […]

Posted in Liturgical Objects, Minor Arts | Tagged church, cross stitch, decoration, embroidery, icon towels, linen, liturgical, Orthodox, ritual towels, romania, rushniki, rushnyk, rushnyki, rusnyki, Ukraine April 20, 2020

An Icon of the Kingdom of God: The Integrated Expression of all the Liturgical Arts – Part 8: Vestments

By Andrew Gould on April 12, 2013
An Icon of the Kingdom of God: The Integrated Expression of all the Liturgical Arts – Part 8: Vestments

This is post 8 of 12 in the series “An Icon of the Kingdom of God” Andrew Gould gives a unifying vision of how all the liturgical arts complement each other to create a living icon of the Kingdom of God. An Icon of the Kingdom of God: The Integrated Expression of all the Liturgical […]

Posted in Liturgical Objects, Minor Arts, Vestments | Tagged Byzantine, damask, embroidery, greek, liturgical, medieval, Orthodox, ottoman, phelonion, russian, sakkos, Vestments April 1, 2017

Contemporary Georgian Art

By Jonathan Pageau on February 5, 2013
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 […]

Posted in Architecture, Artist Features, Church Furniture, Iconography, Liturgical Objects, Minor Arts | Tagged Architecture, art, Carving, church, embossing, embroidery, engraving, furniture, georgia, georgian, gold, iconography, liturgical, Orthodox, repousse, silver, stone, wood June 5, 2017

The Unusual Glass-Bead Icons of Angelika Artemenko

By Andrew Gould on January 24, 2013
Icon by Angelika Artemenko

I have just learned of a most unusual iconographer from Ukraine whose medium is primarily glass beads. Her name is Angelika Artemenko, 26 years old. Despite her unconventional technique, she works with great care and piety, emphasizing the blessing of her bishop in all she does. Ms. Artemenko begins by painting the hands and faces on canvas. […]

Posted in Artist Features, Iconography, Minor Arts | Tagged bead, Byzantine, embroidery, folk art, glass, Icon, ikon, Orthodox, russian, Ukraine June 5, 2017

Rescuing the Art of Ecclesial Embroidery

By Mary Lowell on October 16, 2012
Rescuing the Art of Ecclesial Embroidery

Editor’s Note: Our readers may remember the piece we published previewing the Hexaemeron Inc. workshop on ecclesial embroidery. This piece is a follow-up, now that the course has been completed.   “And all the women that were wise-hearted did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, both of blue, and of […]

Posted in Iconography, Minor Arts, Vestments | Tagged American Needlepoint Guild, Dalmatic of Charlemagne, embroidery, Embroidery Guild of America, Holy Trinity-St. Sergiev Posad Lavra, Living Waters Catholic Refection Center, Mary Lowell, Moscow Orthodox Theological Academy, National Academy of Needlearts, Olga Fishchuk, Palaiologan Renaissance, Pictorial Embroidery Department, Thessaloniki Epitaphios July 14, 2014
 

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