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Announcing the Orthodox Illustration Project

By Andrew Gould on June 10, 2014
Announcing the Orthodox Illustration Project

It is my particular pleasure to introduce the Orthodox Illustration Project – an initiative under the aegis of the Orthodox Arts Journal. In brief, the purpose of the project is to make available online a collection of graphic illustrations of the highest quality. The collection will focus on iconographic drawings and related graphic ornaments stylistically […]

Posted in Iconography, Minor Arts | Tagged book design, Byzantine, clip art, coloring book, graphic arts, graphics, greek, icon drawing, Icons, illumination, illustration, incunabula, liturgical, marketing, monochrome, ornaments, Orthodox, pen-and-ink, russian, typography, wood-block print October 19, 2017

Christabel Anderson: Authenticity in Sacred Art

By Jonathan Pageau on October 17, 2012
Christabel Anderson: Authenticity in Sacred Art

Christabel Anderson is one of our collaborators on the Orthodox Art Journal.  She is a British Iconographer and Manuscript Illuminator to whom was recently attributed the prestigious QEST (Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust) Craft award.   That someone who considers herself first and foremost an Iconographer could be recognized in this manner is already a tribute […]

Posted in Artist Features, Uncategorized | Tagged azurite, Eastern Orthodox, England, guilding, iconographer, iconography, Icons, illumination, lapis lazuli, manuscript, Orthodox, sacred art, vellum June 5, 2017

The Role of Matter in Iconography & the Liturgical Arts

By Christabel Helena Anderson on July 10, 2012
The Role of Matter in Iconography & the Liturgical Arts

“What shall we offer Thee, O Christ, who for our sake was seen on earth as man? For everything created by Thee offers Thee thanks. The angels offer Thee their hymn; the heavens, the star; the Magi, their gifts; the shepherds, their wonder; the earth, the cave; the wilderness, the manger; while we offer Thee a Virgin Mother, […]

Posted in Iconography, Minor Arts | Tagged art, Christabel Anderson, iconography, illumination, lapis lazuli, manuscript, natural resources, pigment, worship July 10, 2014
 

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