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Theophany and What Sacred Art Does

By Jonathan Pageau on January 4, 2013
Theophany and What Sacred Art Does

You enter a silent museum.  Standing at an appropriate distance, you gaze at a piece of art set against a clinically white wall.  The art is lit as to leave no glare or shine and you as the viewer leave no shadow on it.  Enough space is allotted all around the art so to be admired without […]

Posted in Iconography, Liturgy | Tagged art, blessing cross, Christ, gallery, Holy water, Icon, iconography, Jonathan Pageau, liturgy, museum, Orthodox, theophany, Water July 14, 2014

Folk Icons in Russia

By Fr. Patrick O'Rourke on July 3, 2012
Folk Icons in Russia

Pravmir.com has an article up featuring an ongoing exhibit of Russian “folk icons”. I have included a few images below, but the article should be read in its entirety. A few things come to mind when looking at these folk icons. As the author points out, these icons have a certain “warm-heartedness” about them, and […]

Posted in Iconography | Tagged art, editor, folk icons, Icon, iconography, museum, Orthodox Arts Journal, Russia, Russian Orthodox, Scott Patrick O'Rourke July 10, 2014
 

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