Оригинал взят у father_kot в  СТРАШНЫЕ ТАЙНЫ ОТДЕЛА ГОСПИТАЛИЗАЦИИ и ЧТО СКРЫВАЕТ КОММЕРЧЕСКАЯ СКОРАЯ

В продолжение прошлого поста про скорую помощь ( Read more... )

Вдруг напечатали чрезвычайно полезную книжку протоиерея Константина Костромина по истории Руси. Отец Константин преподает историю в Петербургской духовной академии.


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Оригинал взят у mmekourdukova в  THE ICON: TRUTH AND FABLES - Chapter 13 - The icon: its true place and «theological» fables

An iconographer expresses him self naturally in images, and the reader will have noticed how many times that author has used stories and anecdote to make her point. We shall do the same in this chapter.

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Оригинал взят у mmekourdukova в  THE ICON: TRUTH AND FABLES - Chapter 12 - On the veneration of icons...

On the veneration of icons and the assessment of their artistic level

In this chapter we discuss a matter that lies outside the field of art history, but concerns rather the life and use of the icon within the Church, the people of God.


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Оригинал взят у mmekourdukova в  THE ICON: TRUTH AND FABLES - Chapter 11 - West of the Iron Curtain

In order to study the Russian iconographic tradition outside Russia, it is worth making the effort to define who it was that transmitted this tradition, what structures served as the link in the chain, and what part of the Russian iconographic treasury was known ( Read more... )

Оригинал взят у mmekourdukova в  THE ICON:TRUTH AND FABLES - Chapter 10 - East of the Iron Curtain

This chapter will examine a unique situation in the transmission of icon painting. It is a known fact that Russian icon painting, on both sides of the iron curtain, found itself in a difficult situation after 1917. More exactly, there were two situations, neither ( Read more... )

Оригинал взят у mmekourdukova в  THE ICON: TRUTH AND FABLES - Chapter 9 - The iconographer’s training

Let us start by stating that in the visual arts all schools not just those of icon painting, are also schools of spirituality, because by channeling a student in a certain stylistic direction you imprint on him or her ipso facto a particular spiritual direction ( Read more... )

Оригинал взят у mmekourdukova в  THE ICON: TRUTH AND FABLES - Chapter 8 - Spiritual canonicity...

Spiritual canonicity of the icon, spiritual physiognomy of the iconographerNot all images created and presented by an artist are accepted by the Church. Indeed it even happens that among icons already blessed and exhibited in a church, some are so disturbing that ( Read more... )

Оригинал взят у mmekourdukova в  THE ICON: TRUTH AND FABLES - Chapter 7 - Style in icons (р. 2)

...This unconditional enthusiasm for the «old» style is characteristic of individuals or groups (through ignorance or out of totally «earthly» interests), but the Church has never made any decision concerning style, prescribing one or proscribing another. The ( Read more... )

Оригинал взят у mmekourdukova в  THE ICON: TRUTH AND FABLES - Chapter 7 - Style in icons (р. 1)

So, is it sufficient for the iconographic canon to have been observed impeccably and unquestionably, for a painted wood panel on a religious them to be an icon? Are there other criteria? For some rigorous spirits and with the blessing of well-known twentieth century ( Read more... )