The courage to reflect is the bravery to create. The iconography of prof. Jerzy Nowosielski as an expression of religious consciousness Cover Image

Żeby ośmielić się tworzyć trzeba mieć odwagę myślenia. Czyli ikonografia prof. Jerzego Nowosielskiego jako wyraz świadomości religijnej
The courage to reflect is the bravery to create. The iconography of prof. Jerzy Nowosielski as an expression of religious consciousness

Author(s): Tomasz Tarasiuk
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Visual Arts, Theology and Religion, Eastern Orthodoxy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku
Keywords: Jerzy Nowosielsk;i icon art; contemporary icon; Orthodoxy; sacral image; Polish iconography

Summary/Abstract: This paper synthesizes the content that accurately and clearly reveals the essence of the sacred image commonly known as an icon. Professor Nowosielski has translated this content - that stems directly from the Tradition of the Orthodox Church and vivid religious experience - into contemporary, comprehensible language. This text shows that the novelty in the iconographic art is not merely a result of contemplation and a creatively justified artistic vision, a matter of allegiance or craft, but it is solely a combination of religious enlightenment and artistic inspiration. It proves that the canon in the icon is not understood as an external framework but as the core through which the icon exists as a work of art - the text of the Church’s faith shown on the soil of personal mystical experience and iconographer talent.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 19
  • Page Range: 107-112
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Polish