Stained Glass from Church of the Guardian Angels, Newtownpark Avenue, Dublin
The above image is actually from a parish centre adjacent to the main Church. The distinctive facial depiction of Christ is echoed in the Stations of the Cross inside the…
Category: art
St Jerome in His Study, Albrecht Dürer
I first came across this engraving in an exhibition of Dürer engravings in the Chester Beatty Library over a decade ago. In my completely uninformed way, what struck me most was the…
Stained Glass from Powerstown, Clonmel, Tipperary Part 1
I have decided to take a slightly different approach to my posts on the Stained Glass of Tipperary churches (other prior posts here and here) – rather than an accumulation of blurry images I…
Ceramics from Joe & Anne Kane, The Studio, Moyra Rectory, Falcarragh, Donegal
(edit 30th August 2018 – for an atmospheric shot of one of Joe Kane’s creations see here. For a post on and photo of Ray High Cross, very close to the Kane’s…
From “The Art of the Icon: A Theology of Beauty” – Paul Evdokimov
The Creator, like a divine poet, in bringing the world into being out of nothingness, composed his Symphony in Six Days, the Hexameron. After each one of his creative acts,…
Séamus Sweeney 