Pleasure IJ. Yes, this is precisely why I started to research the history of this, because I wasn't sure how Roman Catholics should approach iconography and what they should make of their own heritage.
I don't know much about those books, but I would say that Carolingian art did conform to the iconographic prototype too and I'm not aware any strains that didn't - I just added to the list of other Western forms of iconography now, prompted by your question. Having said this is a general picture, and it is always possible that individual artists or some groups of artists chose to do something different. I will just say that I don't know of them. Do feel free to show me any that you feel might be at variance.
Not that I'm aware (although I don't know much about them, I will admit). Carolingian art was, to my knowledge fully iconographic. It wasn't until the Gothic that Christian art even in the West deviated from the iconographic prototype,
You might also be interested in 'Les Saintes Icônes' by frère Ephrem Yon OSB, a work with which I was associated in France in the late 80s: https://www.amazon.com/saintes-ico%CC%82nes-French-Ephrem-Yon/dp/2904057544
Thank you for the suggestion Dominic
Thanks for writing, David. It's helpful for Catholics and Catholic artists to understand that liturgical art is not simply Byzantine-styled icons
Pleasure IJ. Yes, this is precisely why I started to research the history of this, because I wasn't sure how Roman Catholics should approach iconography and what they should make of their own heritage.
I'm so glad I found you in Substack. I appreciated your work in Blogger, way back when...
Thank you Mike
Thank you. I'm curious where the Libri Carolini come into this. Did they move the West in a different, less iconic direction?
I don't know much about those books, but I would say that Carolingian art did conform to the iconographic prototype too and I'm not aware any strains that didn't - I just added to the list of other Western forms of iconography now, prompted by your question. Having said this is a general picture, and it is always possible that individual artists or some groups of artists chose to do something different. I will just say that I don't know of them. Do feel free to show me any that you feel might be at variance.
Not that I'm aware (although I don't know much about them, I will admit). Carolingian art was, to my knowledge fully iconographic. It wasn't until the Gothic that Christian art even in the West deviated from the iconographic prototype,