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27th October 2004, 10:11 PM
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Reps: 341,973,460,036 (power: 341,973,469) | | | Michael the Iconographer might like this one:
Heroes of the Icon, by Fr. Stephan/Steven Bigham (1998 Oakwood Publications) |
27th October 2004, 10:23 PM
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Actually, ditto for this one. The previous offering covers just about every key figure in the history of Orthodox iconography, and discusses the theological steps taken to get from the ban on images of the Pentateuch to the triumph of icons at the close of the iconoclastic controversy (to put it mildly). A fascinating read. This second book is a compilation of essays discussing common errors that leak into modern and not-so-modern iconography.
The Image of God the Father in Orthodox Theology and Iconography and Other Studies, by Fr. Steven Bigham (1995 Oakwood Publications).
Unsure whether or not the portion in little letters is part of the official, searchable title.
Erratum: Heroes of the Icon was published in 1998.
-Vasya. |
27th October 2004, 10:30 PM
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I have yet to read Fr. Stephan's works but I actually spoke to him one time on the phone. A friend of mine who is a noted iconographer gave me his phone number to call him to ask him a question about the Resurrection/Hallowing of Hades Icon. I shall have to add these titles to my immense iconography library and give them a solid reading! Thank you for the heads up on these works.
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27th October 2004, 10:36 PM
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Reps: 1,008,025,187,147,289,600 (power: 1,008,025,187,147,331) | | | This book is not by an Orthodox priest, but rather a Jesuit priest. I still highly recommend it. He Leadeth Me by Fr. Walter Ciszek, SJ. Published by Ignatius Press. It is the story of a priest who learns the true meaning of the spiritual life while in a Soviet prison camp for something like 15 years.
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27th October 2004, 10:38 PM
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Reps: 341,973,460,036 (power: 341,973,469) | | Originally Posted by Michael the Iconographer Vasya,
I have yet to read Fr. Stephan's works but I actually spoke to him one time on the phone. A friend of mine who is a noted iconographer gave me his phone number to call him to ask him a question about the Resurrection/Hallowing of Hades Icon. I shall have to add these titles to my immense iconography library and give them a solid reading! Thank you for the heads up on these works.
That's awesome! Orthodoxy is such a small world. Fr. Stephan is a friend of mine, and I am a big fan of his work. Well, some of it anyway. We had a rip-roaring debate a couple years back on one paper he was editing. But I find him most approachable.
I would like to extend my personal iconography library. What would be the first five to ten titles that jump to mind as requisites to the scholar/iconographer who is genuinely interested in all aspects of iconography?
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27th October 2004, 10:54 PM
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Reps: 1,008,025,187,147,289,600 (power: 1,008,025,187,147,331) | | | Russian Icons Today by Sergei Timchenko
The Icon: Window on the Kingdom by Michel Quenot
On The Divine Images by St. John Damascus
The Icon by Konrad Onasch
The Meaning of Icons by Leonid Ouspensky
On The Holy Icons by St. Theodore Studite
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27th October 2004, 11:09 PM
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Totally off topic, but which style of brush strokes do you use? I don't know the names in English, because I studied under a French iconographer. And in what century and cultural tradition of iconographer are all/most your works?
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28th October 2004, 12:20 AM
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Totally off topic, but which style of brush strokes do you use? I don't know the names in English, because I studied under a French iconographer. And in what century and cultural tradition of iconographer are all/most your works?
Vasya the Ever-Inquisitive.
My brushstrokes are mostly made in x shapes, atleast for the larger areas. I tend to emulate 14th C Novgorod work and 15th C Moscow work. To me, those are the epitome of iconography.
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29th October 2004, 10:50 AM
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I do not recommend this book or any other book by Frank Schaeffer.
People claiming to have found the One True Church should not write pornographic novels about their family, especially when their parents are Francis and Edith Schaeffer.
I will not even buy anything from Schaeffer's Regina Press.
People will say his novels are not pornographic. I disagree.
People will say they are not about his family. I strongly disagree.
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29th October 2004, 10:53 AM
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