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Icon of Christ in Majesty

Christ in Majesty © Lawrence Klimecki

"Icons" flourished throughout the early church, East, West, Latin and Greek, well before the Great Schism. Even as tensions between East and West grew, the iconographic art-form continued as the accepted standard of liturgical art on both sides until the 13th century.

Recently a number of iconographers have started to re-examine this "art of the undivided Church," particularly in its Western form. "Christ in Majesty" is one of the models most frequently encountered. It depicts Christ seated on a throne, the ruler of the world. He is enclosed within a mandorla, signifying a sacred moment which transcends time and space and surrounded by symbols of the four evangelists.

My interpretation draws on both Eastern and Western traditions and is inspired by examples from the Bruchsal Codex (13th century), the Aberdeen Bestiary (12th century), the Stavelot Gospel (11th century), and the Westminster Psalter (13th century).

2 comments:

  1. angela reedNovember 27, 2012 at 9:07 PM

    These are beautiful. I have a cousin in Vancouver who also does these icons. I am sure she would love to see your work. Hers is also very intricate and she has this process to mix her paints like the original artists used to do.

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  2. Lawrence Klimecki, deaconNovember 27, 2012 at 11:16 PM

    Thanks Angela, does your cousin have any work online?

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