{"id":12810,"date":"2014-02-19T11:28:42","date_gmt":"2014-02-19T16:28:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/?p=12810"},"modified":"2017-01-25T19:01:15","modified_gmt":"2017-01-26T00:01:15","slug":"stunning-contemporary-icon-of-st-michael","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/2014\/02\/stunning-contemporary-icon-of-st-michael.html","title":{"rendered":"Stunning Contemporary Icon of St. Michael &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/66\/2014\/02\/IMG_4020-848x1024.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/66\/2014\/02\/IMG_4020-848x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"IMG_4020-848x1024\" width=\"548\" height=\"624\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12811\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This particular icon was created by joining different types of stone together, called an  opus sectile icon. You can see the artist\u2019s process here at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.orthodoxartsjournal.org\/an-opus-sectile-icon\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Orhtodox Arts Journal<\/a>. It\u2019s really quite exquisite the way this icon strikes a beautiful balance between ornate detail and simplicity. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/66\/2014\/02\/IMG_4014-768x1024.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/66\/2014\/02\/IMG_4014-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"IMG_4014-768x1024\" width=\"568\" height=\"624\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12812\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This particular icon was created by joining different types of stone together, called an opus sectile icon. You can see the artist\u2019s process here at Orhtodox Arts Journal. 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