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Contemporary Georgian Art

By Jonathan Pageau on February 5, 2013
Contemporary Georgian Art

There is a facebook page called “Contemporary Christian Art” but most people would not notice because it is all in Georgian script.  Although boasting hundreds of pictures of early art from all of Christendom, the most remarkable aspect to those of us who are not in Georgia is how it prominently features contemporary Georgian liturgical […]

Posted in Architecture, Artist Features, Church Furniture, Iconography, Liturgical Objects, Minor Arts | Tagged Architecture, art, Carving, church, embossing, embroidery, engraving, furniture, georgia, georgian, gold, iconography, liturgical, Orthodox, repousse, silver, stone, wood June 5, 2017

An Icon of the Kingdom of God: The Integrated Expression of all the Liturgical Arts – Part 7: Lamps

By Andrew Gould on December 31, 2012
An Icon of the Kingdom of God: The Integrated Expression of all the Liturgical Arts – Part 7: Lamps

This is post 7 of 12 in the series “An Icon of the Kingdom of God” This is the seventh part of an ongoing serial (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6) Among all the furnishings found in a church, lamps have always held a certain sacral honor. Saint John […]

Posted in Church Furniture, Liturgical Objects, Minor Arts | Tagged Byzantine, candles, chandeliers, choros, greek, lampadas, lamps, Lighting, oil lamps, Orthodox, russian, vigil lamps April 1, 2017

An Icon of the Kingdom of God: The Integrated Expression of all the Liturgical Arts – Part 6: Furniture

By Andrew Gould on November 30, 2012
An Icon of the Kingdom of God: The Integrated Expression of all the Liturgical Arts – Part 6: Furniture

This is post 6 of 12 in the series “An Icon of the Kingdom of God” This is the sixth part of an ongoing serial (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5) In Western churches, liturgical furniture has historically been conceived as an extension of the architecture. In Gothic cathedrals, the choir […]

Posted in Church Furniture, Liturgical Objects, Minor Arts | Tagged Architecture, Byzantine, furnishings, liturgical, minor arts, Orthodox, russian April 1, 2017

Medieval Art from Catalonia

By Jonathan Pageau on November 27, 2012
Medieval Art from Catalonia

The utmost french speaking resource website for Orthodoxy, www.orthodoxie.com, has a very beautiful Flickr stream of the National Museum of Catalonia.  It is an amazing showcase of Western icons, liturgical objects, frescoes and furniture from the Early Middle Ages. When looking at the images, what strikes me the most is the boldness in color bringing about a […]

Posted in Church Furniture, Iconography, Minor Arts | Tagged altar, apse, catalonia, Christ in glory, evangelists, flikr, fresco, hieratic, Icon, iconography, medieval, orthodoxie.com, pantocrator, reliquary, tabernacle, Virgin with child, western July 14, 2014

An Icon of the Kingdom of God: The Integrated Expression of all the Liturgical Arts – Part 5: The Minor Arts

By Andrew Gould on October 19, 2012
An Icon of the Kingdom of God: The Integrated Expression of all the Liturgical Arts - Part 5: The Minor Arts

This is post 5 of 12 in the series “An Icon of the Kingdom of God” This is the fifith part of an ongoing serial (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4) The marble-clad walls of a Byzantine church are glorious and majestic when glimpsed between icon stands and chandeliers during a crowded, smoky […]

Posted in Architecture, Church Furniture, Minor Arts | Tagged Architecture, Byzantine, furnishings, liturgical, minor arts, Orthodox, russian April 1, 2017

An Icon of the Kingdom of God: The Integrated Expression of all the Liturgical Arts

By Andrew Gould on June 6, 2012
The Catholikon at Vatopedi

This is post 1 of 12 in the series “An Icon of the Kingdom of God” The liturgical art of the Orthodox Church offers the world nothing less than a vision of the Kingdom of God. There can be no higher calling for art than this. Liturgical art is the combined effort of apostles and […]

Posted in Architecture, Church Furniture, Iconography, Liturgy, Minor Arts, Music, Theory | Tagged arts, Eastern Orthodox, Greek Orthodox, Kingdom of God, liturgical arts, liturgy, Orthodox, Orthodoxy, Russian Orthodox April 1, 2017
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