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Star Street, Bethlehem... In the run up to Christmas across the world, take a look at this picture, this small street where historically pilgrims entered the city of Bethlehem towards the Nativity Church, and remember, it all started there....in Palestine... |
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Showing posts with label Star Street. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 29, 2022
Star Street, Bethlehem... In the run up to Christmas across the world, take a look at this picture, this small street where historically pilgrims entered the city of Bethlehem walking towards the Nativity Church, and remember, it all started there....in Palestine
Friday, January 16, 2015
Centuries-old art tradition resurrected in Holy Land: Bethlehem institute trains Palestinian Christians to produce fine religious iconography, not mass-produced souvenirs
"We
want to push the standing of iconography in the Holy Land to the very
highest level so this becomes a world center for [the art]." Ian Knowles, director, Bethlehem Icon Center
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January 16, 2015
5:00AM ET
BETHLEHEM, West Bank — In an old stone home on Star Street — believed
to be the route taken by Mary and Joseph to Bethlehem — a small group
of students are practicing to draw and paint an icon of the face of
Christ, also known as a mandylion.
The young amateur artists — four women and a man — work diligently, tracing figures on their easels. First comes a large oval, with a line bisecting it, then some shading depicting a swath of hair, but it is only when the eyes begin to take shape that the face becomes familiar.
The Bethlehem Icon Center, the brainchild of Ian Knowles, a 52-year-old British iconographer, is the first institute of its kind in the Palestinian territories to offer intricate knowledge of this ancient craft.
The center has come a long way from its humble beginnings. What started out as a class at a space provided by Bethlehem University soon became a multiroom institute that would help bring the centuries-old tradition back to the Holy Land, specifically to...READ MORE
The young amateur artists — four women and a man — work diligently, tracing figures on their easels. First comes a large oval, with a line bisecting it, then some shading depicting a swath of hair, but it is only when the eyes begin to take shape that the face becomes familiar.
The Bethlehem Icon Center, the brainchild of Ian Knowles, a 52-year-old British iconographer, is the first institute of its kind in the Palestinian territories to offer intricate knowledge of this ancient craft.
The center has come a long way from its humble beginnings. What started out as a class at a space provided by Bethlehem University soon became a multiroom institute that would help bring the centuries-old tradition back to the Holy Land, specifically to...READ MORE
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(A Christmas poem... in Growing Gardens for Palestine: Star Street Bethlehem Palestine 2014)
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