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THE ICON AND ART by Aidan Hart

A talk given at the School of Economic Science, Waterperry, Oxford, 7 March, 2000. Describes the theology and stylistic features of the icon, and then suggests two forms of art – threshold art and the art of compassion – which though not liturgical in their function nevertheless share many of the icon’s aims.
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