In modern and contemporary art, work is no longer just a marginal or decorative presence, but an autonomous subject capable ...

Anna Schalk finds herself weeping each time she enters an Orthodox church and gazes at the flat, colorful icons of Jesus and the Virgin Mary. The impressionistic painter had long been drawn to ...

In December, a mural in progress on the Santa Fe County Human Resources building sparked a citywide controversy about the interpretation of public art. The scene on an outdoor wall of the office on ...

"Frame for a Portable Reliquary Icon," 1347. Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art, gift of Ruth Blumka in memory of Leopold Blumka, 1978.26. Public domain. Studies in Iconography: Themes and ...

Introduction: iconography and landscape / Stephen Daniels and Denis Cosgrove -- The geography of Mother Nature / Peter Fuller -- The evocative symbolism of trees / Douglas Davies -- The political ...

Religious icon painting is thriving in Serbia, as the Orthodox Church’s influence continues to increase in the wake of the collapse of communism. The art of iconography has seen a new revival in ...

It deserves to be read by any person interested in the living ­tradition and possibilities of Christian art. Sailing Back to Byzantium: the Art of Michael Galovic Sailing Back to Byzantium is first ...

“The Byzantine Orthodox iconography is not just an ‘art,’ it’s a sacred art,” said iconographer Theodoros Papadopoulos. “It is not ‘painting,’ it’s theology. It is not ‘artistic expression,’ it is ...

For Lara Neri, painting icons is a kind of prayer. “It’s probably the most intense prayer that I do,” said Neri, a Byzantine Catholic from Dallas, referring to the dozens of hours she spent in a class ...