I share your aversion to de Chardin. In a revision after I first posted this, I mentioned that Ian Knowles's icon was partly inspired by some of de Chardin's ideas, on request by the patron who commissioned it. As they say, Even a broken clock can be right sometimes. Pope John Paul II mentioned some of his ideas favorably. And not that he's my final authority, so has Pope Francis. Glad you like Hilary White too. Someone worth reading and supporting.
From email: Hi Roseanne, thanks for sending it to me and I read the article with interest. I should say that I am not a devotee of de Chardin, but I appreciate some of his insights, and that the brief was from the client to base the image around de Chardin's teaching. But congratulations on a thorough essay and delighted to have been a part, God bless, Ian Knowles
Sorry…iconography.
I don’t plan to reject all naturalism or even sentiment if it nurtured our forbears. And I’m a former Protestant.
Thank you.
I found the first half of this piece the most interesting. And I fully agree in my disapproval of the example given for Jesus’ doe eyes.
That said I am glad you are not convinced of the superiority of icon
I share your aversion to de Chardin. In a revision after I first posted this, I mentioned that Ian Knowles's icon was partly inspired by some of de Chardin's ideas, on request by the patron who commissioned it. As they say, Even a broken clock can be right sometimes. Pope John Paul II mentioned some of his ideas favorably. And not that he's my final authority, so has Pope Francis. Glad you like Hilary White too. Someone worth reading and supporting.
From email: Hi Roseanne, thanks for sending it to me and I read the article with interest. I should say that I am not a devotee of de Chardin, but I appreciate some of his insights, and that the brief was from the client to base the image around de Chardin's teaching. But congratulations on a thorough essay and delighted to have been a part, God bless, Ian Knowles