Coloring Book for Women, Religious Art and Iconography

By Mary Jane Miller

Coloring Book for Women, Religious Art and Iconography is a book designed especially for icon painters and writers. Many of the 65 illustrations are sacred lines handed down from generation to generation, others are free-form and new in the age of change. seventy-two contemporary designs and images highlight saintly women that have been in the organized church for centuries. Religious and saintly women are being honored today along with new visual interpretations based on historical evidence. The collection of iconography templates is a tool for establishing more female presence in art and religion. This coloring book gives you a chance to color your world and celebrate you're being here now. Grace comes when we least expect it, so, while looking at each line remember you are part of a long history of female saints and Christian mystics. There is a growing interest in Orthodox iconography around the world attracting women's spirituality and methods for meditation. These images come from the Byzantine tradition, they represent historical evidence of Religious Art and Iconography that date back one thousand years or more. The historical presence of godly women in Christianity has not been fully represented. The production of religious icons of women, female saints, Christian women in icons, and even Orthodox Icons are no longer the sole domain of monastic communities or iconography schools. Mary Jane Miller is an Iconographer in Mexico who designed these templates that primarily refer to women and are intended as a tool for inspiration. This is a new source book of byzantine style icons that highlights the beauty of women, our contribution to history, and the elevated state that we have yet to attain recognition. Adding more women in a Religious Art and Iconography context will enhance the collections of sacred art around the world. Prayerfully let your mind and heart expand with new ideas. This collection is just a beginning, a place to be inspired by iconography templates that lead to new designs for icon painting. The illustrations of women portrayed in this Coloring Book for Women, Religious Art, and Iconography are believed to possess sacred lines because they date back one thousand years or more. One group of images comes from the Byzantine tradition. Today there is a growing interest in iconography around the world attracting new spirituality and methods for meditation. The production of icons is no longer the sole domain of monastic communities or iconography schools. Their original designs and images are remembered as selfless gifts to us. I encourage you to change, alter, and embellish these drawings to make them your own. Use them as a launchpad to carry on the experience of awe over icons and their integrity. Icons speak through the activity of painting them and /or their completion. The images are presented with a short text, leaving space for your written observations and insights. Some of the text is scripture and some of my own words and ideas as I painted the images. I hope you enjoy spending time with these curious images as they have the potential to help unlock the peace and serenity which lives quietly within every woman. Introduction to the Coloring Book for Women, Religious Art and Iconography 65 images of women

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0D8745LQX
• ISBN13: 9798329547597
• Release Date: June 2024
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 72 Pages
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 0.2" x 8.5"