A new public domain gallery of icons is online. For more on it and the accompanying online store see here.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Damascene Gallery - Database of Icons launched
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thanks for the link> i rescued this icon from my roman parish's trash years ago and havent seen anything liek it since so I never knew what it represented. http://icons.damascenegallery.com/displayimage.php?pid=103
ReplyDeleteThis is also helpful: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercession_of_the_Theotokos
ReplyDeleteOctober 1st is coming up so it's a timely icon.
This is also a great song (personal favorite):
http://www.patronagechurch.com/chant/Hymns/We%20Hasten%20to%20Your%20Patronage.HTM
Thank you for the post, Josephus.
ReplyDeleteWe have a long way to go with this database and are asking as many people as possible to join the gallery. Basically, just sign up and start adding any icons from your own collection and place them in the right categories with searchable keywords. We have specific iconography search fields such as: Nationality, School (of Icon Painting), Age and Iconographer. We are trying to tag every saint that can be determined in each of the icons. Members can clarify "unknown" saints if they know who they are (a la "wiki"). In time, we are optimistic that this will be an excellent Orthodox resource.
For our part, we have more than 5000 images that need to be uploaded, but with all the emphasis on getting the webstore up, we have only gotten several hundred up so far.
Thanks again!
Priest Jonah Campbell
Damascene Gallery
http://www.damascenegallery.com
An exciting project to be sure, Fr. I need to add an image to the sidebar to advertise it more.
ReplyDeleteJosephus, if you need anything from me, please let me know... you can prob. find appropriate images on the site, but if you want me to make up a custom one for your purposes, just let me know the dimensions and any design requirements.
ReplyDeleteFr Jonah