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Posts Tagged ‘pioneers’

The Pictorial Metaphysics of the Icon : Abstraction vs. Naturalism Reconsidered

By Fr. Silouan Justiniano | December 29, 2015 | 3

This is post 1 of 3 in the series “The Pictorial Metaphysics of the Icon” Fr. Silouan Justiniano examines the controversial question of style in icons and whether or not composition and stylistic tropes are meaningful in the theology, making and use of the icon. The Pictorial Metaphysics of the Icon : Abstraction vs. Naturalism…

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