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Imagination, Expression, Icon…Pt. IV: Encountering the Internal Prototype

By Fr. Silouan Justiniano on November 22, 2017
Imagination, Expression, Icon...Pt. IV: Encountering the Internal Prototype

This is the 4th and last post in the series “Imagination, Expression, Icon: Reclaiming the Internal Prototype”: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3.     When you make an icon, do not copy it exactly… -Elder Sophrony[i]   Now that we’ve clearly defined the terms nous, techne, Tradition, imagination and expression, we’re in a better […]

Posted in Theory | Tagged Contemplation, creative, epression, fear, icon painting, iconography, imagination, internal, interpretation, license, Living Tradition, mechanistic, prototypes, unique December 5, 2017

Imagination, Expression, Icon…Pt. III: Concerning Expression

By Fr. Silouan Justiniano on November 9, 2017
Imagination, Expression, Icon...Pt. III: Concerning Expression

This is part 3 of a series: Part 1, Part 2.   In general the artificial image, modeled after its prototype, brings the likeness of the prototype into matter and acquires a share in its form by means of the thought of the artists and the impress of his hands. This is true of the […]

Posted in Theory | Tagged craftsmanship, expression, Icon, imagination, interpretation, Logos, nous, prototype, sketches November 8, 2017

Imagination, Expression, Icon: Reclaiming the Internal Prototype

By Fr. Silouan Justiniano on October 10, 2017
Imagination, Expression, Icon: Reclaiming the Internal Prototype

Editor’s Note: This article is a revised and expanded version of the talk with the same title given at the symposium, Living Tradition: Painting Sacred Icons in the 21st Century, organized by the Orthodox Arts Journal and which took place on May 23, 2015, at Holy Ascension Orthodox Church, Mt. Pleasant, SC. This post is […]

Posted in Theory | Tagged craftsmanship, Creative Act, expression, form, Icon, idea, imagination, matter, styles, Tradition October 10, 2017

Archetype and Symbol II: On Noetic Vision

By Fr. Silouan Justiniano on April 22, 2013
Archetype and Symbol II: On Noetic Vision

This is post 2 of 2 in the series “Archetype and Symbol”   Archetype and Symbol II: On Noetic Vision    Upon reading the article Archetype and Symbol: Thoughts on the Creative Act, my friend wrote asking me to clarify a few things. The following article qualifies the term “ noetic vision of archetypes,” re-examines the […]

Posted in Iconography, Theory | Tagged Archetypes, Creative Act, Direct and Transmitted Knowledge, iconography, imagination, Noetic Vision April 1, 2017

Archetype and Symbol : Thoughts on the Creative Act

By Fr. Silouan Justiniano on March 12, 2013
Archetype and Symbol : Thoughts on the Creative Act

This is post 1 of 2 in the series “Archetype and Symbol” A year ago a friend visited our monastery for a few days. At the time we had a conversation about sacred art and the process of expressing archetypal realities in iconography. Recently he wrote to me asking, “Have you come across anything… that […]

Posted in Iconography, Theory | Tagged archetype, coomeraswamy, iconography, imaginal, imagination, noetic, silhouan, symbol April 1, 2017
 

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