A History of Icon Painting
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Published: 2005
Total Pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9785723503052
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Icons in the Western Church
Author: Jeana Visel
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Published: 2016-09-06
Total Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 0814646840
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWithin the Eastern tradition of Christianity, the eikon, or religious image, has long held a place of honor. In the greater part of Western Christianity, however, discomfort with images in worship, both statues and panel icons, has been a relatively common current, particularly since the Reformation. In the Roman Catholic Church, after years of using religious statues, the Second Vatican Council’s call for “noble simplicity” in many cases led to a stripping of images that in some ways helped refocus attention on the eucharistic celebration itself but also led to a starkness that has left many Roman Catholics unsure of how to interact with the saints or with religious images at all. Today, Western interest in panel icons has been rising, yet we lack standards of quality or catechesis on what to do with them. This book makes the case that icons should have a role to play in the Western Church that goes beyond mere decoration. Citing theological and ecumenical reasons, Visel argues that, with regard to use of icons, the post–Vatican II Roman Catholic Church needs to give greater respect to the Eastern tradition. While Roman Catholics may never interact with icons in quite the same way that Eastern Christians do, we do need to come to terms with what icons are and how we should encounter them.
Icons and Saints of the Eastern Orthodox Church
Author: Alfredo Tradigo
Publisher: Getty Publications
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780892368457
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCatalogues the heritage of images according to type and subject, from the ancient at the Monastery of Saint Catherine in the Sinai to those from Greece, Constantinople, and Russia. This book includes chapters such as role of icons in the Orthodox liturgy and on common iconic subjects, including the fathers and saints of the Eastern Church.
Icon
Author: Georgia Briggs
Publisher:
Published: 2017-04-20
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9781944967192
DOWNLOAD EBOOKForget your old name. Forget your parents. These are the things Euphrosyne's grandparents and counselor tell her. But if Orthodox Christianity is a lie, why did the icon so dramatically save her life? And what can she do to get the icon back? In a post-Christian America, where going to church, praying, or owning holy things means death, a twelve-year-old girl searches for the truth. Finding it may cost her everything.distinctives*One-of-a-kind Orthodox novel in the popular dystopian genre*Strong, relatable heroine faces some of the same issues as contemporary teens*Powerful exploration of religious persecution, seen from the inside*Recommended for ages 13 and up
African Icons
Author: Tracey Baptiste
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Published: 2021-10-19
Total Pages: 177
ISBN-13: 1616209003
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEvery year, American schoolchildren celebrate Black History Month. They study almost exclusively American stories, which are not only rooted in struggle over enslavement or oppression, but also take in only four hundred years of a rich and thrilling history that goes back many millennia across the African continent. Through portraits of ten historical figures - from Menes, the first ruler to be called Pharaoh, to Queen Idia, a sixteenth-century power broker, visionary, and diplomat - African Iconstakes readers on a journey across Africa to meet some of the great leaders and thinkers whose ideas built a continent and shaped our world.
Christ to Coke
Author: Martin Kemp
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 393
ISBN-13: 0199581118
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExplores the origins and evolution of eleven visual iconic images still found in today's culture, including Jesus, the Coke bottle, and Einstein's famous equation, e equals mc squared.
Russian Icons, 14th-16th Centuries
Author: Gosudarstvenny I Istoricheski I Muze I
Publisher:
Published: 1988
Total Pages: 148
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKIcon Painting Technique
Author: Mary Jane MIller
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2013-06-03
Total Pages: 48
ISBN-13: 1304045781
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMary Jane Miller discusses her Icon Painting technique, the history and meaning of icon painting. The How to book orients icon painters and examines why icons continue to be a spiritual tool. From a uniquely Western perspective, this step-by-step study of art and teaching of a practical course in Icon Painting technique. The religion and spirituality of this technique brings to life the sacred and beautiful art of egg tempera painting. Included are egg tempera recipe guides and patterns to work from. Beginners, intermediate, and advanced iconographers will all find new insights.With in-depth information, invaluable advice, and superb illustrations of each step, this is a most comprehensive guide to the philosophy and practice of icon painting. In addition, this Icon Painting technique book can be read as a step-by-step guide of how to create your own icon. The 12-step sequence put forth here is a guideline or road map for the process from vision to creation. However, while easy to follow detailed instructions about technique and materials are provided, my main objective is to emphasize the mystical experience of the process itself, bringing the the Icon Painting technique to a better understanding of the two natures of Christ - flesh and spirit. Details; Looking at Icons Revealed, One Secret Prayer Method, Brief History of Iconography, Organic Egg Tempera, Icon of St Luke, Overview of How to Paint Icons, Wood, Linen, Gesso and Gold, First lines, Chaos of Color, Second lines, Highlights and Veils, Final Lines, Analysis of Icon Images, Mixing Paint for Lettering, Prayers for an Iconographer Egg Temepra and Earth Pigments 41 Rules for the Iconographer 42 Conclusion
Techniques of Icon and Wall Painting
Author: Aidan Hart
Publisher:
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780852442159
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is the most comprehensive book to date on the techniques of icon and wall painting. Illustrated with over 450 colour photos and 180 drawings, it will be a source of pleasure and inspiration for the general reader as well as for the practising icon painter. The book is more than just a technical manual; it sets artistic practice in the context of the Church's spirituality and liturgy, with chapters on the theology and history of the icon, the role and symbolism of the iconostasis, and the principles behind the positioning of wall paintings within churches. The wealth of information in this book makes it an indispensable reference text, not only for iconographers but also for any painter working in egg tempera, fresco or secco. All the necessary processes are covered, including the making gessoing of wooden panels, gilding, preparing pigments, lime plastering and fresco, the various techniques for painting in tempera, right through to photographing the finished artwork. -- from dust jacket.
ICon Steve Jobs
Author: Jeffrey S. Young
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2005-05-23
Total Pages: 378
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExamines the legendary success that Steve Jobs has had with Pixar and his rejuvenation of Apple through the introduction of the iMac and iPod.
