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A Life of Icons – Interview with Anna Gouriev

By Jonathan Pageau on September 21, 2020
A Life of Icons - Interview with Anna Gouriev

Anna Pokrovsky Gouriev is a professional iconographer working in the United States. Originally from Russia, she is the daughter of Ksenia Pokrovsky who was one of the instrumental voices for the rediscovery of traditional iconography in the 20th century. Jonathan Pageau teaches with her at the Hexaemeron School of Ecclesial Arts, and it is in […]

Posted in Artist Features, Iconography | Tagged Anna Gouriev, Hexaemeron, icon painting, iconography, Jonathan Pageau, Ksenia Pokrovsky October 14, 2020

Creating Culture Today

By Jonathan Pageau on May 7, 2020
Creating Culture Today

In this video, I interview Benedict Sheehan and his wife Talia-Maria.  Benedict is well known by OAJ readers as a composer and the music director at St-Tikhon’s Seminary. He has been quite active in the world of Orthodox music and recently celebrated for his composition of a Divine Liturgy.  In the last few months, what […]

Posted in Theory | Tagged Artefact, Benedict Sheehan, choir, culture, Jonathan Pageau, liturgy, Maria Sheehan, Nicholas Kotar, Orhtodox culture, PaTRAM, St. Tikhon’s Seminary, the symbolic world May 7, 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

Understanding the Icons of Holy Week

By Jonathan Pageau on April 18, 2019
Understanding the Icons of Holy Week

During Holy Week, the Orthodox faithful will see several icons in the center of the church being commemorated. Although we are used to interpret icons as stand alone objects, I have found that it is sometimes best to see the language of icons as an inter-connected web of elements which speak to each other across different icons types. 

Posted in Theory | Tagged crucifixion, holy week, iconography, Icons, Jonathan Pageau, Pascha, Symbolism April 19, 2019

An Iconographer, a Contemporary Artist and a Movie Director Walk into a Bar

By Jonathan Pageau on March 4, 2019
An Iconographer, a Contemporary Artist and a Movie Director Walk into a Bar

Last September, I was invited by Wycliffe College at the University of Toronto to speak on a public panel as a prelude to the annual massive art event called Nuit Blanche. Wycliffe college is a somewhat conservative Anglican school, and on this panel were three artists who identify as Christian and who were asked to […]

Posted in Iconography, Theory | Tagged contemporary art, gloria kim, iconography, Jonathan Pageau, panel discussion, phil irish March 13, 2019

Beauty and Meaning Today – A Video Interview with Andrew Gould

By Jonathan Pageau on January 16, 2019
Beauty and Meaning Today - A Video Interview with Andrew Gould

In this 45-minute video, Jonathan Pageau interviews Andrew Gould, discussing his work and philosophy in the field of Orthodox church design as well as many other areas. It particularly addresses how Andrew adapts historical styles for modern needs, while keeping them fresh and approachable.

Posted in Architecture | Tagged Andrew Gould, Architecture, interview, Jonathan Pageau January 16, 2019

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

An American Shrine to Honor the Russian Royal Martyrs

By Andrew Gould on July 13, 2018
An American Shrine to Honor the Russian Royal Martyrs

It has been my particular honor to create a magnificent shrine and reliquary for the Russian Royal Martyrs. The shrine was commissioned by an American convert to Orthodoxy as a gift to the Hermitage of the Holy Cross, a Russian Orthodox monastery in West Virginia, USA. It was installed in time to commemorate the centenary […]

Posted in Minor Arts | Tagged Andrew Gould, Czar Nicholas II, Hermitage of the Holy Cross, Icon, iconography, inlay, Jonathan Pageau, kiot, marquetry, Natalia Aglitskaya, Passion Bearers, reliquary, romanov, Royal Martyrs, Russian Orthodox, saints, shrine, West Virginia March 26, 2019

Sacred Art in Secular Terms

By Jonathan Pageau on March 1, 2018
Sacred Art in Secular Terms

Last year I was invited to speak at the Northwest Catholic Family Education Conference.  The event was going to be quite open to the public and was dealing with the notion of Truth, the truth seen in different walks of life.  I was asked to speak about the truth in art and discuss my own […]

Posted in Theory | Tagged art, contemporary art, iconography, Jonathan Pageau, modern art, secularism March 5, 2018
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