Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Icons for St. Anthony's Dome, Part 10

Sunday and Monday were days off for everyone. Tuesday, some of the scaffolding was taken down. That gave the iconographers more room to work. Here's what we saw when we entered the church:


One painter working on the drum, the other working on preparing lunch. They soon broke for a meal and we were able to climb up and take some photos of the dome.


They are putting colored marble-look paints on the area between the drum and the pendentives.


There are some questions about how to disguise the speaker grill, lights and air conditioning vent.


At this point it is also difficult to get a good color balance on the photographs, so you will have to rely on our assurance that the paintings look great. 


Here are two different images of the dome and Pantocrator icon. The color is slightly different but I think we will see those variations in reality because the light coming through the windows is constantly changing. In addition, the chandelier will occupy some of the space that is now open.


The figures and evangelists will be much more detailed, very soon. Come back again to see!