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Degraded Iconicity III: Mysteriological Matter; As Above, So Below

By Fr. Silouan Justiniano on April 2, 2013
Degraded Iconicity III: Mysteriological Matter; As Above, So Below

This is post 3 of 6 in the series “Degraded Iconicity”   Mysteriological Matter Let us now digress for a moment to consider some aspects of the icon as symbol and mysteriological object, for these will further elucidate the materiality of the icon and how it bears on mechanical reproductions. St. Theodore reminds us that, […]

Posted in Iconography, Theory | Tagged Icon, iconography, liturgical arts, Symbolism April 1, 2017

Teaching Art in a Catholic School

By Jonathan Pageau on October 12, 2012
Teaching Art in a Catholic School

Some of you might be interested in reading a short article I wrote for the New Liturgical Movement.  I teach art once a week in a small Traditionalist Catholic school.  It has been a great joy to teach in a context so friendly to liturgical art.  On my first day, as I was explaining what […]

Posted in Iconography, Theory | Tagged art, Catholic, curriculum, drawing, iconography, Jonathan Pageau, liturgical art, liturgical arts, new liturgical movement, students July 14, 2014

The Recovery of The Arts (pt.3): Memory of the Heart

By Jonathan Pageau on September 20, 2012
Synaxis of Archangels

This is post 3 of 3 in the series “The Recovery of The Arts” This is part 3 of a series:  Part 1, Part 2 In my last article in this series, I addressed human activity and the arts as examples of what the Church Fathers call “the garments of skins”, a supplement to our […]

Posted in Architecture, Iconography, Liturgical Objects, Theory | Tagged heart, hesychasm, iconography, Jonathan Pageau, liturgical arts, Orthodox, Theology April 1, 2017

Towards Indigenous and Mature Liturgical Arts

By Aidan Hart on July 2, 2012
Towards Indigenous and Mature Liturgical Arts

We often hear it said that traditional Orthodox liturgical arts are reviving. But how far advanced is this revival, how mature is it, and what in fact are we reviving? In this article I would like to stimulate discussion by briefly considering three related subjects: indigenous iconography, maturity, and features of a healthy climate that […]

Posted in Architecture, Iconography, Liturgy, Minor Arts, Music, Theory | Tagged Aidan Hart, Eastern Orthodox, England, Greek Orthodox, iconographer, iconography, indidgenous, intellect, liturgical arts, modern iconography, nous, Orthodox Church, Orthodoxy, religious art, Russian Orthodox, western icons August 25, 2015

The Holy Ascension Choros

By Andrew Gould on June 14, 2012
The Holy Ascension Choros

  The Holy Ascension choros, which was completed Pascha 2012, has been a project eight years in the making. In 2004, my wife and I were on our way to Charleston, SC for my first job out of architecture school – to design Holy Ascension Orthodox church. On our way, we stopped in New York […]

Posted in Minor Arts | Tagged Aachen, Byzantine, candles, chandelier, choros, corona, Eastern Orthodox, Hildesheim, liturgical arts, liturgy, Munich Choros, Orthodox, Orthodoxy July 10, 2014

An Icon of the Kingdom of God: The Integrated Expression of all the Liturgical Arts

By Andrew Gould on June 6, 2012
The Catholikon at Vatopedi

This is post 1 of 12 in the series “An Icon of the Kingdom of God” The liturgical art of the Orthodox Church offers the world nothing less than a vision of the Kingdom of God. There can be no higher calling for art than this. Liturgical art is the combined effort of apostles and […]

Posted in Architecture, Church Furniture, Iconography, Liturgy, Minor Arts, Music, Theory | Tagged arts, Eastern Orthodox, Greek Orthodox, Kingdom of God, liturgical arts, liturgy, Orthodox, Orthodoxy, Russian Orthodox April 1, 2017

The Recovery of the Arts

By Jonathan Pageau on June 4, 2012
The Recovery of the Arts

This is post 1 of 3 in the series “The Recovery of The Arts”   (This post is the first of a series of three.  Part 2.  Part 3) We would like to welcome you to the Orthodox Arts Journal. We hope that this space will be a tribute to a skill and a form […]

Posted in Architecture, Iconography, Liturgy, Minor Arts, Music, Theory | Tagged arts, Christian, Eastern Orthodox, Greek Orthodox, liturgical arts, liturgy, Orthodox, Orthodoxy, Russian Orthodox, techne, technology March 31, 2017
 

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