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Conserve or Restore? A Question of Ancestor Kisses

By Mary Lowell on July 7, 2017
Conserve or Restore? A Question of Ancestor Kisses

Conserve: To protect from loss or harm; to keep quantity and quality constant through physical or chemical reactions or evolutionary changes. Restore: To bring back into existence or use; to return to an original condition. Close in definition, the differences when applied to art treasures can be catastrophic. Consider the botched effort to “restore” Elías […]

Posted in Iconography, Theory | Tagged Andreas Ritzos, Angelos Akotantos, Cleveland Museum of Art, Conservator, Cretan School, Crete, Dean Yoder, Elena Valentinovna King, Eleousa Theotokos, fresco, Helen Collis, Heraklion, Hieromonk Seraphim Oftalmopoulou, iconographer, iconography, Icons, Ksenia Pokrovsky, Mary Lowell, mount athos, Orthodox Church, Panagia Pantovasilissa, Pskov Art Museum, Raphina, St. Andrew Antiochian Orthodox Church Lexington, St. Petersburg Academy of Art, Triglia July 9, 2017

A Cloisonné Enamel Reliquary Icon of Saint Vincent of Zaragoza

By Christabel Helena Anderson on March 3, 2015
A Cloisonné Enamel Reliquary Icon of Saint Vincent of Zaragoza

Editor’s note:  This article continues Aidan Hart’s recent article about a reliquary for Saint Vincent of Zaragoza and details Christabel Anderson’s process for making the cloisonnée icon.   This article contains a background to the history and technique of cloisonné enamel and a description of the processes used in making the cloisonné enamel icon plaque of Saint Vincent […]

Posted in Iconography, Liturgical Objects, Minor Arts | Tagged Aidan Hart, Anglo-Saxon, art, Byzantine, champlevé, Christ, cloisonne, design, Eastern Orthodox, enamel, enameling, enamelling, gold, Icon, iconographer, iconography, kiln, madrid, Metalwork, okhlad, Orthodox Church, precious metals, protomartyr, quill, reliquary, repousse, Revetment, riza, Russia, Russian icons, saint, Saint Mary Magdalene, Saint Vincent, silver, St. Vincent, Symbolism, techniques March 1, 2015

Lives of the Saints: Part Two

By Nicholas Kotar on July 9, 2014
Lives of the Saints: Part Two

This is post 2 of 3 in the series “Lives of the Saints” In a previous post regarding the Lives of the Saints, I mentioned that among zealots for historical accuracy in the Lives, there is a decided prejudice against “poets and artists” in favor of the “proper historian,” at least in the business of […]

Posted in Theory | Tagged fact, history, lives of the saints, miracles, Orthodox Church, saints, turth April 7, 2017

Aidan Hart to Lecture in Texas this December

By Fr. Patrick O'Rourke on November 26, 2013
Aidan Hart to Lecture in Texas this December

OAJ contributor and world-renowned iconographer and liturgical artist Aidan Hart will deliver a lecture entitled Holy Icons in Today’s World:A Living Tradition’s Insights into Contemporary Issues in Modern Art, Ecology, and Community in Cedar Park, TX –  near Austin – this December. Anyone interested in Orthodox iconography, or art and religion in general would do well to seize […]

Posted in Iconography, News | Tagged Aidan Hart, Austin, Byzantine Art, Houston, iconography, lecture, Orthodox Church, Orthodox icongraphy, Texas November 26, 2013

Notes from the psalterion, updated and annotated — part III, dealing with that strange subspecies called the “musician”

By Richard Barrett on December 12, 2012

This is post 3 of 6 in the series “Notes from The Psalterion” In part one of this series, I outlined the argument that Orthodox liturgical singing, given that it is above all else an offering to God, is a privilege, a craft, and a discipline. In part two, I tried to suggest, at least in […]

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged chanting, liturgical music, Music, musician orthodox music, Orthodox Church, Orthodoxy, polyphony. choir, psalterion, Richard Barret April 1, 2017

The Saint John of Damascus Society on NPR’s “Harmonia Early Music”

By Richard Barrett on December 11, 2012
The Saint John of Damascus Society on NPR's "Harmonia Early Music"

The mission of The Saint John of Damascus Society is “revealing Orthodox Christianity through its sacred music”, and one part of how we seek to do this to be a collaborative partner for existing arts organizations and entities on projects promoting Orthodox liturgical music. Our first collaboration to reach the public eye is a segment […]

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged antiphony, chanting, choir, greek, harmonia, liturgical music, liturgy, Music, npr, Orthodox Church, orthodox music, Orthodoxy, polyphony, psalterion, Richard Barret, slavonic July 14, 2014

Notes from the psalterion, updated and annotated – Part II, Getting Started

By Richard Barrett on October 11, 2012

This is post 2 of 6 in the series “Notes from The Psalterion” In the first installment, I discussed a set of ideals that essentially argue that Orthodox liturgical singing is, first and foremost, an offering to God and to be treated as such — in short, that it is a privilege, a craft, and […]

Posted in Liturgy, Music | Tagged chanting, choir, liturgical music, Music, Orthodox Church, orthodox music, Orthodoxy, polyphony, psalterion, Richard Barret April 1, 2017

St-John Chrysostom on Liturgical Art

By Jonathan Pageau on October 5, 2012
St-John Chrysostom on Liturgical Art

As a liturgical artist, as someone who makes expensive objects to furnish the Church or to be worn by its clergy, there is a homily of St-John Chrysostom I like to keep in the back of my mind.  It is a homily on the Gospel of St-Mathew in which he warns us:   “Do you want […]

Posted in Liturgical Objects, Liturgy, Theory, Uncategorized | Tagged Christ, Chrysostom, Eastern Orthodox, Jonathan Pageau, Orthodox Church, poor July 10, 2014

Opus Sectile Icons

By Jonathan Pageau on August 28, 2012
Opus Sectile Icons

There is a relatively famous image of St. Eudocia from the 10th or 11th century from Constantinople that has recently caught my attention.  It is done in a technique called Opus Sectile.  Unlike Mosaic which is the assembly of similarly shaped squares forming a pattern, Opus Sectile is when stone is cut in different shapes […]

Posted in Iconography, Minor Arts | Tagged Byzatine art, Iveron, Jonathan Pageau, mosaic, opus sectile, Orthodox Church, Ravenna, Sr. Eudocia August 28, 2012

Painting an Icon; the Hexaemeron Workshop

By Mary Lowell on August 21, 2012
Painting an Icon; the Hexaemeron Workshop

I am not an icon writer nor am I an icon painter, if it makes a difference. I am the founder and administrator of the non-profit organization Hexaemeron which sponsors courses in iconography. As such, I once attempted to make a St. Paul icon to familiarize myself with the process so that I could write […]

Posted in Iconography | Tagged Anna Gouriev, art, Byzantine Iconography, Hexaemeron, iconography, Ksenia Pokrovsky, Marek Czarnecki, Mary Lowell, Orthodox Church, reverse perspective, workshop July 10, 2014
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