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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

A Tale of Transformation

By Aidan Hart on May 4, 2017
A Tale of Transformation

A TALE OF TRANSFORMATION Two New Mosaics for St George’s Orthodox Church, Houston, Texas Aidan Hart   This is the story of how two large mosaics for St George’s Orthodox Church in Houston Texas came to completion this January. The genesis of a mosaic is a tale of transformation, from sand to glass, to image, […]

Posted in Iconography, Minor Arts | Tagged Adian Hart, crucifixion, mosaic, Tessarae, Texas, transfiguration June 8, 2017

The Transfiguration Secco for Lancaster University Catholic Chaplaincy

By Aidan Hart on April 4, 2017
The Transfiguration Secco for Lancaster University Catholic Chaplaincy

The Transfiguration Secco for Lancaster University Catholic Chaplaincy Early in March my assistant Martin Earle, myself, and a former student from the Diploma in Icon Painting that I teach, Fran Whiteside, completed a secco wall painting of the Transfiguration. It took us just twelve days compared to the twenty months we had just spent on […]

Posted in Iconography | Tagged Aidan Hart, fresco, iconography, secco, transfiguration April 4, 2017

The Transfiguration in Shadow.

By Jonathan Pageau on May 4, 2015
The Transfiguration in Shadow.

Last year I was asked by a patron to carve a large icon of the Transfiguration.  She said: “I am curious to see how you will do that.”  I understood immediately what she meant, and her comment for me went to the core of what icon carving attempts to grapple with.  So much of Orthodox theology, especially since St-Gregory of Palamas […]

Posted in Iconography, Theory | Tagged art, Carving, fr. Andreas Andreaopoulos, Icon, iconography, Orthodoxy, pageau, transfiguration, wood May 4, 2015

An Icon of the Kingdom of God: The Integrated Expression of all the Liturgical Arts – Part 12: Incense – Heavenly Fragrance and Transfigured Light

By Andrew Gould on December 3, 2014
An Icon of the Kingdom of God: The Integrated Expression of all the Liturgical Arts – Part 12: Incense – Heavenly Fragrance and Transfigured Light

This is post 12 of 12 in the series “An Icon of the Kingdom of God” Andrew Gould gives a unifying vision of how all the liturgical arts complement each other to create a living icon of the Kingdom of God. An Icon of the Kingdom of God: The Integrated Expression of all the Liturgical […]

Posted in Architecture, Minor Arts, Theory | Tagged Byzantine, Catholic, church, defense, frankincense, Icon, incense, liturgy, Orthodox, russian, smoke, transfiguration April 1, 2017

Holy Icons in Today’s World (Pt.2): Icons and Modern Art

By Aidan Hart on March 21, 2014
Holy Icons in Today's World (Pt.2): Icons and Modern Art

The transfiguration icon and modern art Christ takes with him His disciples Peter, James and John up a mountain, traditionally taken to be Mount Tabor. The Gospels then tell us that Christ’s face and garments shine with light, brighter than the sun. Moses and Elijah also appear before the disciples, talking with Jesus about His […]

Posted in Iconography, Theory, Uncategorized | Tagged Aidan Hart, brancusi, Icon, kandinky, modern art, Modernity, mondrian, transfiguration August 24, 2015

Holy Icons in Today’s World (Pt.1): Insight into Contemporary Issues

By Aidan Hart on March 5, 2014
Holy Icons in Today's World (Pt.1): Insight into Contemporary Issues

Editor’s note: This is the first part of a talk given by Aidan in Texas last December (1). Images are taken directly from his presentation. We are made to be gods by grace, sons and daughters of the Living God. If we only saw what majesty and dignity is bestowed upon each of us here […]

Posted in Iconography, Theory | Tagged Aidan Hart, art, ecology, eden, Icon, iconography, transfiguration August 24, 2015
 

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