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Freedom in Iconography and False Freedom

Iconography is a regulated art in both its form and content. As the icon is a visual expression of what the church teaches verbally, the painter works…

Sep 15 •

August 2023

John the Baptist

Three Painted Icons and One Living Icon

Aug 30 •

Three Blue Icons

A Vision of Christ From Three Perspectives

Aug 14 •

July 2023

The St. Olav Altar Frontal

July 29th is the memorial of Norway's national saint...

Jul 29 •

Saint Olav, Norway's "Eternal King"

Notes for An Unfinished Icon

Jul 14 •

Animals, Children, and Refugees

Icons of Innocence

Jul 1 •

June 2023

Sandvikskirken, Bergen, Norway

Jun 16 •

May 2023

The Øystese Triptych

Nine years old this year

May 30 •

The Detective Work of Reconstructing Medieval Altar Frontals

Two works that demanded my most Sherlockian skills, as well as artistic ones

May 13 •

Some Recommended Viewing

A follow-up to yesterday's post

May 2 •

"Let My People Go"

Moses and "Black Moses"

May 1 •

April 2023

A Portrait of the Iconographer as a Young Artist

The "pre-Byzantine" period

Apr 16 •

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