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Liturgical Furniture for an Historic Cathedral

By Andrew Gould on November 16, 2017
Liturgical Furniture for an Historic Cathedral

I was asked, in 2015, to design a set of liturgical furniture for Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Baltimore. When I looked at the building, I could see that this would be a complex project with several stylistic influences in play. The monumental structure was built by a Protestant congregation in 1888 in the ‘Richardsonian […]

Posted in Church Furniture, Minor Arts | Tagged ammonia fumed, analogion, Andrew Gould, annunciation cathedral, baltimore, bruno sutter, Byzantine, Byzantine Chant, chanter's stand, furniture, greek, icon stand, inlay, orthodox liturgical furniture, quarter-sawn oak, stasidia November 16, 2017

The Altar and The Portico (pt.1)

By Aidan Hart on October 13, 2016
The Altar and The Portico (pt.1)

This is post 1 of 2 in the series “The Altar and The Portico” THE ALTAR AND THE PORTICO (PT.1) The Relationship of Orthodox Iconography and Gallery Art Part 1 (This is the a talk given at Sacred And Secular In Life And Art, Oxford, a workshop dedicated to the memory of Philip Sherrard. St Gregory’s […]

Posted in Architecture, Church Furniture, Iconography, Liturgical Objects, Minor Arts, Theory | Tagged Aidan Hart, design, iconography, liturgical art, sacred, secular June 5, 2017

The Question of Polychrome – Part 2: Painting a Byzantine Analogion

By Andrew Gould on July 6, 2015
The Question of Polychrome - Part 2: Painting a Byzantine Analogion

This is post 2 of 2 in the series “The Question of Polychrome for Liturgical Woodcarving” In Part 1 of this article, I gave examples of historic Orthodox woodwork decorated with polychrome, and discussed the reasons why this can be effective. Specifically, I compared the visual impact of historic painted and gilded iconostases with modern […]

Posted in Church Furniture, Minor Arts | Tagged analogion, Andrew Gould, Byzantine, Carving, gilding, icon stand, iconostasis, lectern, liturgical, mary may, Orthodox, painting, polychrome, russian April 8, 2017

Ciboria and Tabernacles: A Short History

By Aidan Hart on April 8, 2015
Ciboria and Tabernacles: A Short History

(This article continuation of my last post: Holy Tables with Reliquaries: A Short History ) The Ciborium A ciborium is a form of canopy supported by columns over the holy table (25). It is sometimes also called a baldachin, but strictly speaking this latter term should be limited to cloth canopies. Ciboria came to be common, […]

Posted in Architecture, Church Furniture, Liturgical Objects | Tagged Aidan Hart, altar, Artophoria, Ciboria, ciborium, tabernacle, templon August 24, 2015

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

American Orthodox Church Furniture

By Fr. Patrick O'Rourke on March 17, 2014
American Orthodox Church Furniture

Founder of the Orthodox Arts Journal, church architect and craftsman Andrew Gould wrote the following concerning furniture in the Orthodox Church: The presence of furniture reveals the welcoming and comfortable aspect of the Kingdom of God. All is not judgment and fear in church. We are called to attend church as though we are coming […]

Posted in Church Furniture, Minor Arts | Tagged Christian, church furniture, Great Cloud Design, Orthodox, Orthodox Church furniture July 3, 2014

Gilding Course to be Taught by Christabel Anderson

By Fr. Patrick O'Rourke on January 29, 2014
Gilding Course to be Taught by Christabel Anderson

Iconographer, manuscript illuminator, and OAJ contributor Christabel Anderson will be teaching a fully booked eight-week course on the ancient art of gilding at the Prince’s School for the Traditional Arts in London beginning February 6. As a follow-up to this course, and the others she’s taught previously, Anderson will be conducting a five-day course at the […]

Posted in Church Furniture, Iconography, Liturgical Objects, Minor Arts, News | Tagged Christabel Anderson, gilding, iconography, The Prince's School January 29, 2014

A Choros Chandelier for a Timber Frame Church

By Andrew Gould on January 9, 2014
A Choros Chandelier for a Timber Frame Church

During the fall and winter of 2013, I had the marvelous opportunity to make and install a choros chandelier for St. Thomas the Apostle Orthodox Church in Waldorf, Maryland (a parish of the American Carpatho-Russian Diocese). The project was my second large articulated choros (the first, in South Carolina, was described in this article from […]

Posted in Church Furniture, Minor Arts | Tagged Andrew Gould, Byzantine, chandelier, choros, Decani, greek, light fixture, Lighting, Munich, New World Byzantine, NWBStudios, Orthodox, Plasma cut, steel January 9, 2014

Technical Hierarchy

By Jonathan Pageau on October 1, 2013
Technical Hierarchy

This is post 3 of 3 in the series “Hand and Machine” In light of the discussion that has been happening on the OAJ concerning the question of technical means and the production of liturgical arts (starting with fr. Silouan Justiniano’s article, my short post and Andrew Gould’s response), I thought I would attempt something […]

Posted in Architecture, Church Furniture, Iconography, Liturgical Objects, Liturgy, Minor Arts, Theory | Tagged aeropagite, altar, bronze, daniel, exonarthex, gold, hierarchy, Icons, iron, liturgical art, machine, mechanical production, narthex, nave, nebuchanezzar, Orthodoxy, production, silver, temple April 1, 2017

Further Thoughts on Machine-Manufacture of Liturgical Art

By Andrew Gould on September 25, 2013
Further Thoughts on Machine-Manufacture of Liturgical Art

This is post 2 of 3 in the series “Hand and Machine” Yesterday, Jonathan Pageau posted an article in which he juxtaposed two videos – one of the carving of an icon by hand, and another of the carving an icon by a computer-controlled machine. Jonathan expressed an intuitive attraction to the one and dislike […]

Posted in Architecture, Church Furniture, Liturgical Objects, Minor Arts, Theory | Tagged Andrew Gould, carver, cnc, Icon, liturgical art, machine, plasma cutter, reproduction, robot, robotic, robots, router, sci-fi April 1, 2017
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