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Iconography Course at Mount St Anne’s Monday 29th July – Monday 5th August

Posted on May 31, 2024 by coleraineicons

The Association is pleased to announce booking details of the Summer Iconography course. The venue is Mount St Anne’s Retreat and Conference Centre, Killenard, Portarlington, Co. Laois. This course will cater for improving and proficient iconographers, but beginners are also … Continue reading →

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Seeing is believing: Art as a Doorway to Mystery

Posted on May 26, 2024 by coleraineicons

Many thanks to Association member, Olivia O’Donovan, for sharing news of this upcoming event in Knock. For full details follow this link.

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Feast of The Most Holy Trinity

Posted on May 25, 2024 by coleraineicons

Many thanks to Association member Clare McReynolds for sharing her beautiful icon of the Hospitality of Abraham and Sarah. The icon was blessed last year by Fr Seamus O Connell (RIP) on Trinity Sunday and he gave it to St Patrick’s … Continue reading →

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Descent of the Holy Spirit

Posted on May 18, 2024 by coleraineicons

Leonid Ouspensky described this icon as “an image of the inner life of the Church” (The meaning of icons. New York, 1999, p. 208). Depictions of this sacred event in Western Art tend to emphasise the sudden drama of this … Continue reading →

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Women’s Iconography Roundtable at Maynooth University

Posted on May 4, 2024 by coleraineicons

Dr Azelina Flint of Maynooth University has contacted the Association to raise awareness of the above event on 21st May, 10 am to 4 pm. The event brings together three female artists who create art inspired by iconography to discuss … Continue reading →

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“Whom do you seek?”

Posted on March 30, 2024 by coleraineicons

It is possible to point to three developments in the depiction of the risen Christ in the history of iconography. In the early Church the depiction of the women at the tomb was popular. From the 7th century the Harrowing … Continue reading →

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My Sweetest Springtime

Posted on March 29, 2024 by coleraineicons

My thanks to Ann Karakatsanis for the following hymn and the video link: Ann writes: During the video by Vangelis & Irene Papas the icons of Christ crucified  and brought down from the cross are shown. It is best to … Continue reading →

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At the Foot of the Cross

Posted on March 29, 2024 by coleraineicons

Reflecting on the crucifixion, Simone Weil wrote: “Because no other could do it, [Jesus] himself went to the greatest possible distance, the…infinite distance between God and God, this supreme tearing apart, this agony beyond all others, this marvel of love, … Continue reading →

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“Do You Know What I have Done to You?”

Posted on March 28, 2024 by coleraineicons

Our icon dates from the first half of the sixteenth-century and may have been written by Dionysius (1440 – 1505), though possibly by his close followers. Dionysius was a major figure in the Moscow School of painting. the scene is … Continue reading →

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The Entry into Jerusalem

Posted on March 24, 2024 by coleraineicons

The above icon appears as entry 16 in Icons: the Natasha Allen Collection: Catalogue by David and Tamara Talbot Rice. Dublin, 1968. The authors point out that the elongated proportions of the figures point to the influence of Dionysius, the … Continue reading →

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