If, a week or so ago, I gave you Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy in icons, this time I present: Protestantism. There aren't as many, unfortunately, because isn't quite as much material to work with. (Blame Zwingli.)


( 15 icons )

Okay! Icons and religious art!

I apologize that I can't credit most of the original artists - I saved most of these pictures several months ago, and only intended them for personal use. I do know that a couple of them came from this guy on Flickr.

Some of the images used are from real icons, both historical and contemporary; some are artistic pieces created in imitation of, but outside of the tradition of, Eastern iconography. By mixing them, I don't mean to denigrate the tradition of icon writing, or the icons themselves, in any way. Some of the Old Testament figures, venerated in the Eastern Church, are not a part of the Western canon.

I went a little crazy about labeling them: if you hover your cursor over the icon, you will get a name and maybe a description. IT TOOK ME FOREVER.



( 75 icons of Christ and the saints )