Modern Icon-Style Art on Panel November 20, 2018 11:51 AM Subscribe
There was an AskMe a few months ago asking about (I think) contemporary religious art, and someone suggested this monk who makes Greek Orthodox icon-style art. It was awesome and I want some! Anybody remember the post? Thanks!
Yes! MonkeyToes, that was exactly it! Thank you!
posted by pH Indicating Socks at 6:21 PM on November 20, 2018
posted by pH Indicating Socks at 6:21 PM on November 20, 2018
Just a quick note - I missed that askme - in the Orthodox community, Lentz' icons are widely not considered acceptable because he is not Orthodox although he paints in the Orthodox style. They're very beautiful, and would make excellent gifts for people in other faiths.
But for someone who is Orthodox, using one of them a traditional icon (getting it consecrated and blessed then praying with it), they break the chain of how the icons are meant to be created (even the laminated mass-produced ones come originally from a handmade properly made one somewhere).
It's actually a really interesting discussion - some priests will accept his icons, some won't. He has a few particularly beautiful ones I love as art.
posted by dorothyisunderwood at 7:58 AM on November 21, 2018 [1 favorite]
But for someone who is Orthodox, using one of them a traditional icon (getting it consecrated and blessed then praying with it), they break the chain of how the icons are meant to be created (even the laminated mass-produced ones come originally from a handmade properly made one somewhere).
It's actually a really interesting discussion - some priests will accept his icons, some won't. He has a few particularly beautiful ones I love as art.
posted by dorothyisunderwood at 7:58 AM on November 21, 2018 [1 favorite]
Since you already have your answer, would you be interested in seeing the St. John’s Bible, a modern illuminated manuscript made by the Benedictine monks of St. John’s Abbey in rural Minnesota?
posted by wenestvedt at 5:44 AM on November 24, 2018
posted by wenestvedt at 5:44 AM on November 24, 2018
Since you already have your answer, would you be interested in seeing the St. John’s Bible, a modern illuminated manuscript made by the Benedictine monks of St. John’s Abbey in rural Minnesota?
Wowee, would I! That's AWESOME, wenestvedt!!!
Illuminated manuscripts are just about my favorite thing. I don't think I could live anywhere in America outside of driving distance to the Getty.
Religious art is the highest and best expression of human passion and skill, for me -- the yearning for God or Gods or heaven or whatever seems to be stronger than any other human motivation. I am an atheist myself, but do I ever love to see that. (So I don't care if Lentz's icons are kashrut, just that they are beautiful -- though, thanks, dorothyisunderwood, that's a potentially very relevant point for other folks.)
posted by pH Indicating Socks at 8:01 AM on November 24, 2018
Wowee, would I! That's AWESOME, wenestvedt!!!
Illuminated manuscripts are just about my favorite thing. I don't think I could live anywhere in America outside of driving distance to the Getty.
Religious art is the highest and best expression of human passion and skill, for me -- the yearning for God or Gods or heaven or whatever seems to be stronger than any other human motivation. I am an atheist myself, but do I ever love to see that. (So I don't care if Lentz's icons are kashrut, just that they are beautiful -- though, thanks, dorothyisunderwood, that's a potentially very relevant point for other folks.)
posted by pH Indicating Socks at 8:01 AM on November 24, 2018
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posted by MonkeyToes at 12:02 PM on November 20, 2018 [2 favorites]