Online Journal for Iconography

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Poetics of Icon • Vol. 11 (Spring) 2024

Rushing to Stop

by Stephen Muse

Truth in Art • Vol. 11 (Spring) 2024

Visions of Transcendent Leadership: The Enigmatic Njegoš

by Stamatis Skliris

Fertile Roots Ideas • Iconic Ontology • Poetics of Icon • Vol. 11 (Spring) 2024

Stephen of Dechani: The Knightly Saint

by Stamatis Skliris

Truth in Art • Vol. 11 (Spring) 2024

Portrait of Sonya Marmeladova, Dostoyevsky’s Heroine

by Stamatis Skliris

Painting Diary • Truth in Art • Vol. 11 (Spring) 2024

Interpretation of the Portrait of the Metropolitan of Pergamon John (Zizioulas) by the Hand of Bishop Maximos (Vasiljevic)

by Stamatis Skliris

Truth in Art • Vol. 11 (Spring) 2024

Reflections of the Soul: Ode to Tarkovsky’s Mirror

by Stamatis Skliris

Iconic Ontology • Painting Diary • Poetics of Icon • Vol. 11 (Spring) 2024

The Iconic Gaze: A Theology of Thearchic Weakness and Divine Love

by Stamatis Skliris

Truth in Art • Vol. 10 (Summer) 2023

Seeking Authenticity: A Journey through Art, Iconography, and the Face

by Stamatis Skliris

Truth in Art • Vol. 9 (Summer) 2022

Dostoevsky and the Symbol of The Crystal Palace

by Stephen Muse

Truth in Art • Vol. 8 (Winter) 2022

A Thought about Icons and Dialogue in Color with Contemporary Culture

by Stephen Muse

The heart of the icon is located behind, not in front of the official curtain. The heart of the icon is the depicted Saint himself, and not the drawing or its color. We are presenting ideas that have fertile roots. The principle (the canon) is the uniqueness of a person and nothing more. There is always space for the originality of iconographic themes. You can always express something old in a new way. The heart of the icon beats in Paradise. It is the source of the circulating blood and life within each icon. This idea promotes poetic creativity, rather than elaborate studies. Send us sketches, unfinished drawings, or pictures so that we may publish them before they're done!