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The Mosaic Apse of Sant’Apollinaire in Classe, Ravenna

By Aidan Hart on December 28, 2017
The Mosaic Apse of Sant'Apollinaire in Classe, Ravenna

THE MOSAIC APSE OF SANT’APOLLINARE IN CLASSE, RAVENNA:  A Miracle of Design Aidan Hart There is some iconography that can only be described as miraculous. Such is the sixth century apse mosaic at the basilica of Saint Apollinare in Classe, five miles from Ravenna, Italy. Such works seem to flash forth, and are never – […]

Posted in Iconography, Theory | Tagged Aidan Hart, Italy, mosaic, mosaics, Ravenna, San Appolinaire, transfiguration January 24, 2018

Holy Tables with Reliquaries, a Short History

By Aidan Hart on April 3, 2015
Holy Tables with Reliquaries, a Short History

In this overview and the one that will follow I have combined the history of altars (also called holy tables), ciboria and tabernacles because their respective developments are somewhat related. In this first section I will deal with Holy Tables and will focus on ciboria and tabernacles in the second installment.   My interest in […]

Posted in Church Furniture, Liturgical Objects, Minor Arts | Tagged Aidan Hart, altar, Orthodox, Ravenna, reliquary August 24, 2015

Orthodox Architecture and Iconography as Subjects in Fine Art Painting

By Andrew Gould on November 15, 2013
Orthodox Architecture and Iconography as Subjects in Fine Art Painting

    Orthodox liturgical artists treat the vast world of secular fine art with some trepidation. The question of fine art influence on iconography, in particular, is a very delicate one. Western painting styles have done great harm to iconography historically. The reverse is arguably true as well. The ‘discovery’ of medieval painting inspired western […]

Posted in Architecture, Iconography, Theory | Tagged Hagia Sophia, isaak levitan, john singer sargent, monreal, murano, oil painting, palermo, Ravenna, sickert, venice, Vladimir Makovsky, watercolor November 14, 2013

New Mosaic of Christ Pantocrator in Cardiff, Wales

By Aidan Hart on July 5, 2013
New Mosaic of Christ Pantocrator in Cardiff, Wales

Having studied mosaics all over the world for many years I was delighted to receive a commission last year to create a mosaic for a church in Wales. I completed the illustrated mosaic of Christ Pantocrator in March this year. It is sited on the exterior wall of St Martin’s Church of Wales in Roath, […]

Posted in Iconography, Minor Arts | Tagged Aidan Hart, Byzantine, cardiff, Christ, greek, Hagia Sophia, Icon, mosaic, Orthodox, pantocrator, Ravenna, smalti, wales August 25, 2015

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
 

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