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The Mystical Language Of Icons
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Author : Solrunn Nes
language : en
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Release Date : 2009-04-10
The Mystical Language Of Icons written by Solrunn Nes and has been published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-04-10 with Art categories.
Solrunn Nes, one of Europe's most admired iconographers, illuminates the world of Christian icons, explaining the motifs, gestures, and colors common to these profound symbols of faith. Nes explores in depth a number of famous icons, including those of the Greater Feasts, the Mother of God, and a number of the better-known saints, enriching her discussion with references to Scripture, early Christian writings, and liturgy. She also leads readers through the process and techniques of icon painting, showing each step with photographs, and includes more than fifty of her own original works of art.
The Mystical Language Of Icons
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Author : Solrunn Nes
language : en
Publisher: St Pauls Publications
Release Date : 2000
The Mystical Language Of Icons written by Solrunn Nes and has been published by St Pauls Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Religion categories.
In The Mystical Language of Icons, the details of many of the most well-recognised icon paintings are explained motif by motif, for example the position of the hands and fingers, the use of a Greek letter and the significance of different colours. The author is a contemporary icon painter of international repute, and explains technique, function, form and meaning using examples of her own work. In addition to dynamic illustrations of icon making in practice, the book traces the development of this visual language within its specific cultural framework, offering a thorough historical and theological background to the tradition of Orthodox iconography.
The Mystical Language Of Icons
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Author : Solrunn Nes
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
The Mystical Language Of Icons written by Solrunn Nes and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Icon painting categories.
Icons And The Mystical Origins Of Christianity
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Author : Richard Temple
language : en
Publisher: Weatherhill, Incorporated
Release Date : 2001
Icons And The Mystical Origins Of Christianity written by Richard Temple and has been published by Weatherhill, Incorporated this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Church history categories.
Back in print after ten years, this searching work uses the imagery of icons as the basis for an exploration of the true mystical source of the Christian faith. Richard Temple points out that icons themselves are essentially mystical at heart, for they are the key to an underground stream of knowledge aimed at the civilization of the whole person -- body, soul, and spirit -- that developed from Platonic thought, the school of Alexandria, and the Orphic mysteries. As the author discusses the meaning of the icons depicted in this volume, the richness and profundity of a lost tradition is gradually and hauntingly revealed.
Icons In Time Persons In Eternity
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Author : C.A. Tsakiridou
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-05-13
Icons In Time Persons In Eternity written by C.A. Tsakiridou and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-13 with Art categories.
Icons in Time, Persons in Eternity presents a critical, interdisciplinary examination of contemporary theological and philosophical studies of the Christian image and redefines this within the Orthodox tradition by exploring the ontological and aesthetic implications of Orthodox ascetic and mystical theology. It finds Modernist interest in the aesthetic peculiarity of icons significant, and essential for re-evaluating their relationship to non-representational art. Drawing on classical Greek art criticism, Byzantine ekphraseis and hymnography, and the theologies of St. Maximus the Confessor, St. Symeon the New Theologian and St. Gregory Palamas, the author argues that the ancient Greek concept of enargeia best conveys the expression of theophany and theosis in art. The qualities that define enargeia - inherent liveliness, expressive autonomy and self-subsisting form - are identified in exemplary Greek and Russian icons and considered in the context of the hesychastic theology that lies at the heart of Orthodox Christianity. An Orthodox aesthetics is thus outlined that recognizes the transcendent being of art and is open to dialogue with diverse pictorial and iconographic traditions. An examination of Ch’an (Zen) art theory and a comparison of icons with paintings by Wassily Kandinsky, Pablo Picasso, Mark Rothko and Marc Chagall, and by Japanese artists influenced by Zen Buddhism, reveal intriguing points of convergence and difference. The reader will find in these pages reasons to reconcile Modernism with the Christian image and Orthodox tradition with creative form in art.
Mystical Language Of Icons
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
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Behold The Beauty Of The Lord
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Author : Henri J. M. Nouwen
language : en
Publisher: Ave Maria Press
Release Date : 2007-09-15
Behold The Beauty Of The Lord written by Henri J. M. Nouwen and has been published by Ave Maria Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-09-15 with Religion categories.
This twentieth anniversary edition (more than 111,000 copies sold) brings Henri J.M. Nouwen's writings on Eastern Orthodox icons to a new generation and adds to the Nouwen collection published by Ave Maria Press. With a foreword by Br. Robert Lentz, a well-known painter of contemporary icons, this classic Nouwen book invites readers to pray with four Russian icons with their eyes open by emphasizing seeing or gazing, which are at the heart of Eastern spirituality. Nouwen's meditations reveal his viewing of the icons not as decorations, but holy places. The book includes four full-color icons for private contemplation or meditation.
Icons
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Author : Faith Riccio
language : en
Publisher: Paraclete Press (MA)
Release Date : 2016
Icons written by Faith Riccio and has been published by Paraclete Press (MA) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Religion categories.
This lovely gift book about approaching and praying with icons everyday has over 60 full color images of Sr. Faith's icons, each paired with a scripture and an inspirational word. Experience how these beautiful icons help us live a good life, what they have to offer, what they did for Sr. Faith, and what they can do for you. Icons are an invitation to go beyond our world; to take a moment to look as through a window into heaven. The space they create gives us a wonderful and open access to reach out toward God and know him deeply in a new way. They are meant to enrich our spiritual lives. They were created to touch and form us and have an ability to soothe and confront where necessary. They provide a place to gather our wandering attention and direct it toward God. Click here to see the book trailer!
Icons And Saints Of The Eastern Orthodox Church
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Author : Alfredo Tradigo
language : en
Publisher: Getty Publications
Release Date : 2006
Icons And Saints Of The Eastern Orthodox Church written by Alfredo Tradigo and has been published by Getty Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Art categories.
An icon (from the Greek word "eikon," "image") is a wooden panel painting of a holy person or scene from Orthodox Christianity, the religion of the Byzantine Empire that is practiced today mainly in Greece and Russia. It was believed that these works acted as intermediaries between worshipers and the holy personages they depicted. Their pictorial language is stylized and primarily symbolic, rather than literal and narrative. Indeed, every attitude, pose, and color depicted in an icon has a precise meaning, and their painters--usually monks--followed prescribed models from iconographic manuals. The goal of this book is to catalogue the vast heritage of images according to iconographic type and subject, from the most ancient at the Monastery of Saint Catherine in the Sinai to those from Greece, Constantinople, and Russia. Chapters focus on the role of icons in the Orthodox liturgy and on common iconic subjects, including the fathers and saints of the Eastern Church and the life of Jesus and his followers. As with other volumes in the Guide to Imagery series, this book includes a wealth of color illustrations in which details are called out for discussion.
Theology Of The Icon
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Author : Léonide Ouspensky
language : en
Publisher: St Vladimir's Seminary Press
Release Date : 1992
Theology Of The Icon written by Léonide Ouspensky and has been published by St Vladimir's Seminary Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Art categories.
This is the most comprehensive introduction available to the history and theology of the icon, and is the standard text upon which most modern studies of iconography are based. It includes more than the basic theory of the transfiguration of beauty and the sanctification of art. It is a fundamental element in the entire body of Orthodox Tradition. n this two-volume work, author Leonid Ouspensky provides the reader with a deep and serious approach to the mystery of the sacred image. He surveys the development of the sacred art of the Christian East from its beginnings in catacomb art through the iconoclastic controversy of the eighth and ninth century. Drawing especially on the Russian Orthodox tradition, the author studies a large number of texts with care and in great detail. He includes an analysis of the flowering of early Russian iconography, tracing its later development and the state of the art today. The 51 black and white photo illustrations, along with the four-panel foldout and six color plates, will enable the reader to appreciate the Orthodox icon with an informed mind and open heart. Volume I, originally published in 1978, has been updated by the author and contains large sections of new material [Publisher description]