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Iconostasis

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: USA St. Vladimir's Seminary Press 1996Description: 170 22ISBN:
  • 0881411175
  • 9780881411171
Patent information: 1996Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BX378.5 .F5613 1996
Contents:
Introduction : the spiritual structure of dreams -- Spiritual sobriety and the iconic face -- Orthodox services and the icon -- The councils on the icon and the iconpainter's canonic life -- A dialogue with Sophia Ivanova. The history of artistic technique, Western and iconic. Iconic clothes and the meaning of gold. The ontology of making the icon. The metaphysics of light and St. Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians -- Conclusion: the Egyptian death-mask and the life of the saint.
Summary: Iconostasis is Fr. Pavel's final theological work. Composed in 1922, it explores in highly original terms the significance of the icon: its philosophic depth, its spiritual history, its empirical technique. In doing so, Fr. Pavel also sketches a new history of both Western religious art and the Orthodox icon: a history under the direct operation of the Holy Spirit. The work is original, challenging and profoundly articulate. This translation is the first complete English version.
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Translated from Russian by Donald Sheehan and Olga Andrejev ; Introduction by Donald Sheehan

Introduction : the spiritual structure of dreams -- Spiritual sobriety and the iconic face -- Orthodox services and the icon -- The councils on the icon and the iconpainter's canonic life -- A dialogue with Sophia Ivanova. The history of artistic technique, Western and iconic. Iconic clothes and the meaning of gold. The ontology of making the icon. The metaphysics of light and St. Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians -- Conclusion: the Egyptian death-mask and the life of the saint.

Iconostasis is Fr. Pavel's final theological work. Composed in 1922, it explores in highly original terms the significance of the icon: its philosophic depth, its spiritual history, its empirical technique. In doing so, Fr. Pavel also sketches a new history of both Western religious art and the Orthodox icon: a history under the direct operation of the Holy Spirit. The work is original, challenging and profoundly articulate. This translation is the first complete English version.

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