/r/ChristianIconography
A place for posting Icons and discussing Christian Iconography.
Christian Iconography is "the science of the description, history, and interpretations of the traditional representations of God, the saints and other sacred subjects in art." Catholic Encyclopedia
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/r/ChristianIconography
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St. Theodora, painted by me, acrylic on watercolor paper.
I painted this for my Godmother, she loves it!
23:22 UTC
Woodburned Theosis Triptych and Our Lady of Tenderness
22:32 UTC
Ecce Homo
06:38 UTC
Thy Mother
06:34 UTC
Glykophilousa. Study for an icon
02:01 UTC
Anyone know any good Slavonic fonts for icons?
I’m working on an icon for my godsons baptism (the holy family) I normally use English for saints names (Joseph ect). I am carpatho rusyn and my brother in law expressed he would like if Joseph could be written in Slavonic, I can’t find any fonts online, do any of you have any suggestions? Thanks
14:28 UTC
Saint James. Golden fluid acrylics on watercolor paper.
03:55 UTC
Beginner
Hey, I really want to get into Iconography, But Do not know where to start. What are some good Places to Learn, and since Christmas is coming up, What would be A Great Almost Starter Pack of Materials? Thank You!
18:28 UTC
Carlo Acutis, by me
20:47 UTC
St. John the Baptist/Forerunner. By me.
Pallet is titanium white, Payne’s gray, yellow ochre, red oxide, and burnt umber light, all Golden Brand Fluid Acrylics.
The brush I’m using is a Princeton Neptune #2 round.
On 9x12 300lb 100% cotton watercolor paper.
Inspired by the icons by Shayne Swenson.
04:23 UTC
Some Christmas icons
05:52 UTC
Is there any way to restore an old icon?
I received an older looking icon, it’s quite faded and I was wondering if there anything I could (or should) do to restore it/ maintain it
05:22 UTC
Recently finished this John the Baptist icon!
22:20 UTC
W.E. Sallman picture
Hi, I recently found this picture in an antique shop. I have looked it up and I know there are many of it, but this one seems much older. How can I check the date ?
15:45 UTC
iconography in the portal of San Francisco, Antigua Guatemala
Hello, anybody have the idea of what this mean? It corresponds to the colonial period on America of baroque style
23:58 UTC
Does anyone know which saint (s) does this fresco represent?
The fresco Is located in a local church in Veneto, Italy and It should be from the XIII century... You can see a faded inscription where some letters are visible but the rest Is unfortunately lost
18:46 UTC
Finished this Christ Pantocrator icon
Acrylic + canvas
04:32 UTC
Holy & Righteous Joachim & Anna.
Egg tempera on gessoed basswood with olifa varnish. 21cm by 28cm approximately.
02:15 UTC
Saint Herman of Alaska
15:52 UTC
An ink study of Saint Gerasimus of Kefalonia by me.
His Eminence Metropolitan Gerasimos visited my parish and I took the opportunity to make this for him, thankfully he loved it!
18:02 UTC
Anyone know someone who can paint this?
I found an icon of one of my favourite saints (St Mitraphan of China) who was a native Chinese martyr but found out it is out of stock. I really want one hand painted but I do not know where to go
19:47 UTC
I wanna say I got scammed
Smaller than I initially thought, that’s my fault, but the quality is bad, it looks like an image just printed from google onto it.
22:07 UTC
Does anyone know where to get good gold leaf in the United States?
I write icons but am based in the U.S., so I am wondering where I can buy good quality gold leaf for icon guilding! My teacher buys hers overseas from a niche vendor that I can’t find anywhere online.
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