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I’m not sure who the author of this one is but I can find the author if I look for it.
The last supper.
This second one has also made an impression on me and it was painted by a little girl/teenager over the course of many months. Her name is Akiane Kramarik: https://revwords.com/encounter-god-akiane-kramarik/
This level of detail on painting is simply stunning and I really enjoy it.
The last supper.
This second one has also made an impression on me and it was painted by a little girl/teenager over the course of many months. Her name is Akiane Kramarik: https://revwords.com/encounter-god-akiane-kramarik/
This level of detail on painting is simply stunning and I really enjoy it.
I posted these two pictures by Rembrandt several years ago, they have always fascinated me. The first was painted when he was 26 years old and at the heights of his talents and abilities. Th second is the last picture he ever painted just before his death. I wrote a poem:
Gone is the upturned prayerful face,
Cast in the glow of wonderous grace,
The royal colors are faded dim,
While no one bends to see.
Gone too, the Elders and High Priests,
Towering columns vault not above,
No sacred family kneels amazed,
While blessing hands hover o’erhead.
The Song of Praise is hushed and stilled,
Worn quiet with the rasp of time.
The brushstrokes once so fine and pure,
Are blurred and smudged unclear.
Dulled eyes now barely see the Child,
The head is gray and bare,
The mouth hangs open, no words to speak,
While hands are clasped in reverent prayer.
What once youth viewed from afar,
Is now held close to a worn-out heart.
What wrought the change we see so clear,
In the man with the Babe held so dear?
Simeon’s art speaks who want to hear,
Of truth that has become so clear,
Time beat upon a grey old head,
While Christ came near and touched a soul.
Gone is the upturned prayerful face,
Cast in the glow of wonderous grace,
The royal colors are faded dim,
While no one bends to see.
Gone too, the Elders and High Priests,
Towering columns vault not above,
No sacred family kneels amazed,
While blessing hands hover o’erhead.
The Song of Praise is hushed and stilled,
Worn quiet with the rasp of time.
The brushstrokes once so fine and pure,
Are blurred and smudged unclear.
Dulled eyes now barely see the Child,
The head is gray and bare,
The mouth hangs open, no words to speak,
While hands are clasped in reverent prayer.
What once youth viewed from afar,
Is now held close to a worn-out heart.
What wrought the change we see so clear,
In the man with the Babe held so dear?
Simeon’s art speaks who want to hear,
Of truth that has become so clear,
Time beat upon a grey old head,
While Christ came near and touched a soul.
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Today i visited the Icon Museum and Study Center in Clinton, Massachusetts.
More information about this place is listed here: Museum History - The Icon Museum and Study Center
Being around church icons for most of my life, i understand their meaning and purpose but the site's explanation is:
My personal take or explanation on icons is:
An icon is like having a picture of your child when they were young. It is supposed to bring you from one emotional state onto another. It's not the piece of paper that makes you emotional, but the memory and the connection.
An icon is supposed to do the same thing, take you from one spiritual state onto another and give you an emotional connection (based on our 5 senses) to our Creator. It is a vehicle, or a boat which takes you from one side of the lake onto the other.
More information on the Anatomy of an Icon is listed here which explains the strict standards and spiritual meanings:
Anatomy of an Icon - The Icon Museum and Study Center
Building and front entrance pictures below.
More information about this place is listed here: Museum History - The Icon Museum and Study Center
Being around church icons for most of my life, i understand their meaning and purpose but the site's explanation is:
My personal take or explanation on icons is:
An icon is like having a picture of your child when they were young. It is supposed to bring you from one emotional state onto another. It's not the piece of paper that makes you emotional, but the memory and the connection.
An icon is supposed to do the same thing, take you from one spiritual state onto another and give you an emotional connection (based on our 5 senses) to our Creator. It is a vehicle, or a boat which takes you from one side of the lake onto the other.
More information on the Anatomy of an Icon is listed here which explains the strict standards and spiritual meanings:
Anatomy of an Icon - The Icon Museum and Study Center
Building and front entrance pictures below.
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This room on the first floor was dedicated to the photographer's work around churches, mainly in Russia.
There were over 20 pictures here posted on very large canvases and i took pictures of only a few which i found touching and inspiring.
On the right side of the room we have:
The picture above was taken from the Church of our Lady of Kazan in Kolomeneskoye, Moscow.
I find this beautiful on many levels.
The picture above was taken from a church in Moscow, but i missed the rest of the details here.
This picture is very emotional because you can see that the person there who looks like either a woman or a child (girl) is not even looking, but touching with her eyes closed probably and is probably asking something from the heart.
The picture above was taken from the Cathedral of Assumption, Troitse-Sergieva Lavra, Moscow.
This is what looks like an elderly woman just looking at the icons deeply and directly into the eyes and wondering.
There were over 20 pictures here posted on very large canvases and i took pictures of only a few which i found touching and inspiring.
On the right side of the room we have:
The picture above was taken from the Church of our Lady of Kazan in Kolomeneskoye, Moscow.
I find this beautiful on many levels.
The picture above was taken from a church in Moscow, but i missed the rest of the details here.
This picture is very emotional because you can see that the person there who looks like either a woman or a child (girl) is not even looking, but touching with her eyes closed probably and is probably asking something from the heart.
The picture above was taken from the Cathedral of Assumption, Troitse-Sergieva Lavra, Moscow.
This is what looks like an elderly woman just looking at the icons deeply and directly into the eyes and wondering.
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On the left side of the room we have:
Taken from Lecito Divina, Troitse-Servieva Lavra, Moscow.
This looks like a monk who has a prayer book or the Bible in his hands.
Taken from the Cathedral of Smolensk, Moscow.
This is another emotional picture where we see an elderly woman crying her heart out and pouring her soul to Christ. She is talking to God here with all her heart.
Taken from the Cathedral of Assumption, Troitse-Sergieva Lavra, Moscow.
Here we see a woman who's sort of like in my position who is just looking at something and trying to get more information.
Perhaps she's praying too.
Taken from the Museum of History and Art, Veliky Novgorod.
A man making an icon.
Taken from Lecito Divina, Troitse-Servieva Lavra, Moscow.
This looks like a monk who has a prayer book or the Bible in his hands.
Taken from the Cathedral of Smolensk, Moscow.
This is another emotional picture where we see an elderly woman crying her heart out and pouring her soul to Christ. She is talking to God here with all her heart.
Taken from the Cathedral of Assumption, Troitse-Sergieva Lavra, Moscow.
Here we see a woman who's sort of like in my position who is just looking at something and trying to get more information.
Perhaps she's praying too.
Taken from the Museum of History and Art, Veliky Novgorod.
A man making an icon.
Indeed, and up close they're even more wonderful. I was surprised that they even let you touch the icons with your hand, some of them dating to 17th or 15th century with the original wood which i got to touch and feel the emotions of all the people who poured their love in God in trying to create an emotional connection to our God.
Some other items were enclosed in glass, but I'm surprised why everything wasn't enclosed in glass.
Some other items were enclosed in glass, but I'm surprised why everything wasn't enclosed in glass.
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This cross enclosed in a glass enclosure was from around year 500. I was thinking about how young Christianity was back then and how persecuted believers were around those times. Also, in how many hands this cross has been held who were directing their prayers to Christ.
This second cross from around 1700s was from Mount Athos in Greece, a favorite place of mine which is a peninsula of monasteries and monks was engraved with precious metals.
That's all for today.
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This cross enclosed in a glass enclosure was from around year 500. I was thinking about how young Christianity was back then and how persecuted believers were around those times. Also, in how many hands this cross has been held who were directing their prayers to Christ.
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This second cross from around 1700s was from Mount Athos in Greece, a favorite place of mine which is a peninsula of monasteries and monks was engraved with precious metals.
That's all for today.
This cross enclosed in a glass enclosure was from around year 500. I was thinking about how young Christianity was back then and how persecuted believers were around those times. Also, in how many hands this cross has been held who were directing their prayers to Christ.
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This second cross from around 1700s was from Mount Athos in Greece, a favorite place of mine which is a peninsula of monasteries and monks was engraved with precious metals.
That's all for today.
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