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Notes on Method

By Fr. Silouan Justiniano on June 30, 2017
Notes on Method

St. Mamas of Caesarea by Fr. Silouan Justiniano. Egg tempera on wood, 46 in. x 31 in.    One has to know technique, but one also needs to know art. An icon should be like a ‘painting’, like a prayer written with beautiful letters…There are many craftsmen, but few real iconographers. Make an icon, a […]

Posted in Iconography, Theory | Tagged Byzantine, color, drawing, Fr. Silouan Justiniano, gold, iconography, interpretation, lion, russian, saint mamas, Symbolism, technique July 4, 2017

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

Technical Hierarchy

By Jonathan Pageau on October 1, 2013
Technical Hierarchy

This is post 3 of 3 in the series “Hand and Machine” In light of the discussion that has been happening on the OAJ concerning the question of technical means and the production of liturgical arts (starting with fr. Silouan Justiniano’s article, my short post and Andrew Gould’s response), I thought I would attempt something […]

Posted in Architecture, Church Furniture, Iconography, Liturgical Objects, Liturgy, Minor Arts, Theory | Tagged aeropagite, altar, bronze, daniel, exonarthex, gold, hierarchy, Icons, iron, liturgical art, machine, mechanical production, narthex, nave, nebuchanezzar, Orthodoxy, production, silver, temple April 1, 2017

Seat of Wisdom

By Jonathan Pageau on August 12, 2013
Close-up of seat of wisdom

A few months ago, Aidan Hart wrote a wonderful article on the possibility of statuary acting as icon.  He did this in the context of having sculpted a model for a stone version of the Seat of Wisdom.  Just as he was posting his article, I was also receiving a commission for a wooden carving […]

Posted in Iconography | Tagged Carving, gold, iconography, Jonathan Pageau, medieval, Seat of Wisdom, sign of the Theotokos, theotokos, Throne of Wisdom, wood July 8, 2014

Designing Icons (pt.7): Architectural and Natural Settings in Icons

By Aidan Hart on February 8, 2013
Designing Icons (pt.7): Architectural and Natural Settings in Icons

This is post 7 of 9 in the series “Designing Icons” ____________________________________________________________  Editorial note:  We have convinced Aidan Hart to post a chapter from his new book. “Techniques of Icon and Wall Painting” which is being hailed as the most comprehensive book to date on practicing the art of Iconography.  At 450 pages, with 460 paintings, 150 […]

Posted in Iconography | Tagged Aidan Hart, Architecture, background, design, gold, guilding, hagiography, Icon, iconography, inside, mountain, Orthodoxy, outside, perspective, setting 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

TED Talk on Iconography

By Jonathan Pageau on December 20, 2012

Lynette Hull, an American iconographer part of the Prosopon School has recently given a twenty minute presentation on Iconography which is part of a TEDx event. TED is a hip technology, education and design non-profit organization that gives conferences and organizes events. It is seen as the leading place to get a glimpse of new burgeoning […]

Posted in Iconography, News | Tagged apple, bill gates, dos, gold, gui, Icon, iconography, lynette hull, mac, noetic, nous, Orthodox, Orthodoxy, prosopon, steve jobs July 14, 2014
 

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