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Iconography and Art Series
Iconography and Art Series
93.
Seeing the Invisible
Proceedings of the Symposium
on Aesthetics of the Christian Image
edited by Neda Cvijetić
and Bishop Maxim Vasiljević
Orthodox iconography emerged as an at- tempt to recover the true iconicity of cre- ation and to heal our damaged sensibility by referring to everything the ultimate, the “last” (eschatos) act of God’s will: “the death shall be destroyed” (1Cor: 15, 26). Four well-known professors, Archiman- drite John Pantelimon Manoussakis, Cor- nelia Tsakirdou, George Kordis, and bish- op Maxim Vasiljevic, give us various insights into Christian Orthodox Icons, their beauty, meaning, and their future in the 21st century. For these authors working within Tradition is not merely the repeti- tion of old models, but rather the applica- tion of immutable principles in solving contemporary pictorial problems. They also present a theological aesthetic in which God is to be reached through the senses, including the relationship between person and icon.
80 pages, softbound, published in 2016 price $20
94.
Sailors of the Sky
A conversation with Fr. Stamatis Skliris and Fr. Marko Rupnik on contemporary Christian art
In these well-timed conversations, led by Fr. Radovan Bigovic, many issues were brought up so that a contemporary reader could deepen and expand his or her un- derstanding of the role of art in the life of the Church today, both Eastern and West- ern. Here we find answers to stimulating questions on the crisis of contemporary ecclesiastical art in the West and East; the impact of Impressionism, Expressionism, Cubism, Surrealism and Abstract painting on contemporary ecclesiastical painting; and a consideration of the main distinc- tion between iconography and secular painting.
96 pages, softbound, published in 2010 price $18
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