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How depict the invisible? How picture the inconcivable? How give expression to the limitless, the immeasurable, the invisible? How give form to immensity? How paint immortality? How localise mystery?
John of Damaskus
GALLERIES |
Icons
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St. Georg and the dragon |
Christ Pantokrator |
Mother of God Hodegetria |
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Mandylion |
Christ Pantokrator |
Mother of God Eleousa |
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Josef and baby Jesus |
Christ Pantokrator |
The prophet Elias in the desert |
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Mother of God Eleousa |
King and High Priest |
The archangel Gabriel |
Icons are both in techniques, motives and in purpose the exact opposite of modern art.
In spite of this - or perhaps because of it - they still speak to us.
Text and images: Marianne Selvik