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Designing an Image of Everything

By Jonathan Pageau on July 30, 2020
The Cosmic Mountain

For many years now I have been studying the traditions of iconology, the sacred visual language which has developed in the Church.  Long before becoming an icon carver, the pattern of my thinking had already been built through meditation on the images of both the Christian East and the medieval West.  Although I am mostly […]

Posted in Iconography | Tagged cosmos, creation, crucifixion, garden, iconography, iconology, Icons, Jonathan Pagaeu, mountain, paradise, Symbolism July 30, 2020

Iconography Shows us the Pattern of Reality

By Jonathan Pageau on January 3, 2020
Iconography Shows us the Pattern of Reality

In November, I was asked to speak at St. Tikhon’s Seminary for the annual meeting of the Orthodox Inter-Seminary Movement (OISM).  It was my first time at the monastery and school, and I was quite humbled to participate in such an event.  It was also an honour to speak of Christian Symbolism in the last […]

Posted in Theory | Tagged iconography, iconology, Jonathan Pageau, St. Tikhon's, Symbolism January 6, 2020

The Nativity Icon as an Image of Reality

By Jonathan Pageau on December 3, 2018
The Nativity Icon as an Image of Reality

The Nativity icon, like most festal icons, does not merely depict an event that happened two thousand years ago, but rather by its form and the hierarchy of its elements, shows us the inner workings of how the Divine Logos is Him by whom all things were made. The icon also shows us how His […]

Posted in Theory | Tagged iconography, iconology, Jonathan Pageau, nativity, the symbolic world, Video December 4, 2018

The Icon of The Last Judgement

By Jonathan Pageau on September 24, 2018
The Icon of The Last Judgement

The icon of the Last Judgement is one of the most complex Christian images.  As depicting the final things, it is a synthesis of the cosmic mystery. As an image of judgement, it is also the place where everything is resolved by Christ.  From the very first moments in my burgeoning interest in iconology, I […]

Posted in Theory | Tagged Icon, iconography, iconology, Jonathan Pageau, last judgement, Symbolism September 26, 2018

On The Origin of Ὁ ὬΝ in The Halo of Christ

By Fr. Steven Bigham on June 26, 2016
On The Origin of Ὁ ὬΝ in The Halo of Christ

We are so used to seeing the features of Christ in icons that we no longer pay attention to them, thinking they have always been there, as we see them, taking them for granted. We have perhaps forgotten that behind each feature there is a history and a theological meaning to discover and rediscover. So […]

Posted in Iconography, Theory | Tagged Christ, history, Icon, iconology June 27, 2016

Icon Conference and Exhibit at the Museum of Russian Icons

By Lynette Hull on April 27, 2015
Icon Conference and Exhibit at the Museum of Russian Icons

The Museum of Russian Icons in Clinton Massachusetts is hosting it’s 9th International conference of Iconographic Studies this June, 11- 13. The topic is “Icons and Iconology.” The Museum, since it’s inception in in 2006, has worked hard to establish itself as a North American center for Icon studies. Towards this goal, the museum website […]

Posted in Iconography, News | Tagged conference, Fr. Silouan Justiniano, iconology, Museum Of Russian Icons, Vladislav Andrejev April 27, 2015

A Symptom of Modern Blindness – Further Thoughts on the Phrase “To Write an Icon”

By Andrew Gould on December 30, 2013
A Symptom of Modern Blindness - Further Thoughts on the Phrase “To Write an Icon”

This is post 2 of 3 in the series “To Write or to Paint an Icon” Several contributors go over the common debate on whether one “writes” or “paints” an icon. Is “Write” Wrong?: A Discussion of Iconology Lingo A Symptom of Modern Blindness – Further Thoughts on the Phrase “To Write an Icon” From […]

Posted in Iconography, Theory | Tagged "paint an icon", "write an icon", "write versus paint", icon painting, iconography, iconology, Theory April 1, 2017

Mercy on The Right. Rigor on The Left

By Jonathan Pageau on January 15, 2013
Mercy on The Right.  Rigor on The Left

This is post 1 of 3 in the series “The Right and Left Hand in Iconography” Jonathan Pageau examines the recurrence of left and right hand symbolism in traditional art and how they create a pattern of engagement in the world. Mercy on The Right. Rigor on The Left St-Peter on The Right. St-Paul on […]

Posted in Iconography, Theory | Tagged adam and eve, anastasis, cain and abel, Carving, crucifixion, deisis, iconography, iconology, Jonathan Pageau, judgement, left, left hand, mercy, pantocrator, right, right hand, rigor, sinai April 1, 2017
 

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