Here are some photo’s of a new mosaic just installed in Wales, designed and made by Aidan Hart. (H/t David Woolf) I have taken the them from his website, here. Aidan’s photos give us a sense of how it was…
I recently posted an article about Russian statuettes of saints at the Museum of Russian Icons. I discussed how surprised I was to see statues in Russia. Generally the iconographic tradition doesn’t allow for anything more than relief sculpture. In…
Henry III is inspired by Roman patterns to create a two church floors Continuing a theme of traditional floor patterns from a few weeks ago, here are three variations on the quincunx. The quincunx is the name given to an…
For the feast of St Nicholas, here is an unusual representation of the saint. It comes from the Museum of Russian Icons in Clinton, Massachusetts. It is not generally part of the iconographic tradition to have sculpture, although relief carving…
