Icons
 The Virgin of Vladimir |
 Christe Pantokrator |
 Anastasis (The Resurrection) |
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Icons at All Souls
The “writing” of an icon is not merely the expression of a painter’s artistry, but a profound act of prayer.
Created by icon writer Brian Tsai of San Francisco, our icons are not copies of old masters, but a new expression of an ancient prototype. The 12th century saw a renaissance in Byzantine art in which the Eastern Christian devotion to the Incarnation saw an increased expression of human emotion in representations of Christ and the saints.
The Virgin of Vladimir shows the beginning of a new prototype of the Virgin and Child, the “Eleoussa” (tenderness), where the Child’s cheek is pressed against that of his Mother and his tiny arm stretches all the way around her neck.
Painted on poplar wood in the traditional manner, all natural pigments are mixed with egg yolk and 24 c. gold leaf is applied to the nimbus around the heads the figures, and the whole is coated with linseed oil.