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Posts Tagged ‘iconography’
Digital Iconography
Since writing my previous post I’ve sat downa few times to experiment with “painting” an icon using Photoshop. I’ve only been doing sketches – to understand how the process of putting it all together works. In many respects it is easier than using traditional egg tempera paint – you don’t have to wait for it [...]
Illuminated Conservation
The Guardian reported yesterday that a major conservation project has been recently completed. The Gerima Gospels are perhaps one of the earliest surviving illuminated Gospel manuscripts thought to have been completed sometime before AD 650. Combined with the remaining fragments of the Cotton Genesis dated to sometime between the fifth and sixth centuries, the fifth [...]
Paris Exhibit – Mt. Athos
There’s a great exhibit now on at the Petit Palais in Paris on the history and art of Mt. Athos. The collection includes documents detailing the development of the Holy Mountain as an autonomous region of Greece, icons, liturgical items, and jewlery. Sadly the website (here) does not offer much in terms of information and [...]
Flash Of Inspiration
This is one of my quick “sketches” in preparation for something more patiently done, or as in this case, exploring a new technique or tool. Sometimes, words are . . . . not quite right – I’m all for images! Tweet
The RA Does Byzantium
Last week we went to the Royal Academy’s new Byzantium exhibit. While it was certainly a mistake to go within the first week of its opening (it was heaving); overall we were very impressed with the items they chose to exhibit. The icons in the latter 2/3 were amazing, it was particularly nice to see [...]