ICONOGRAPHER BALTIMORE BRITT FULL
Enrich yourself by reading the full article on Jentz. Iconography is an historic, richly spiritual and aesthetically amazing trade. The Institutes founding instructor was Thomas Howard, from St. Students agree to commit to the practice, Canons, and Rubrics of iconography according to the Eastern Orthodox Christian Church. The workshop will be held June 13-17 at the Redemptorist Retreat Center in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. The Trinity Iconography Institute was created in 1995 to train individuals who are interested in the spiritual practice of iconography. I was very excited to see that the Archdiocese of Milwaukee Catholic Herald Newspaper recently ran a nice feature on Jentz, and on the international workshop she’s coordinating with Greek Master Iconographer, Theodoros Papadopolous. Jentz is a native of Brookfield, Wisconsin and has studied iconography both in the US and abroad. One of them is Christi Jentz, founder of Lumen Christi Art. There aren’t many iconographers worldwide, and we have only a handful of them here in the United States. It’s an ages-old art form that requires training, discipline, and is a vocation rather than a trade. For centuries, these beautiful images have been the instruments of meditative prayer, both for the artist and the viewer. Louis) does not align with the image of an elderly monk bent over a panel. The affable 34-year-old suburban Chicago native (now living and working in St.
Iconographers prefer the term “write” to “paint” because creating an icon is a deeply prayerful and meditative experience. Any lingering ideas we might hold about artists who paint or, more precisely, write icons quickly disappear when we meet iconographer Kelly Latimore and his large body of work. That’s a might closer.Īnd iconographer is someone who creates or “writes” icons – the sacred images usually associated with Eastern Orthodoxy. Sounds like some kind of scientist, doesn’t it? Or, perhaps someone from the film industry.
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