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Jonathan Pageau
Jonathan Pageau (; born 30 June 1975) is a French-Canadian icon, icon carver, YouTuber and public speaker on symbolism, religion and Eastern Orthodox Christianity. He is the editor of the Orthodox Arts Journal, the host of the Symbolic World blog and podcast and founder of Symbolic World Press. Early life and education Pageau's childhood was spent in Montreal, where he was strongly shaped by the dominant Catholic culture of that time. However, his family became Protestant, his father becoming a pastor of the Union of French Baptist Churches of Canada, French Baptist Church. Pageau attended the Painting and Drawing program at Concordia University in Montreal where he trained in Postmodern art, Postmodern approaches to art, graduating with distinction. After graduating, he set up a studio, but became frustrated by the "aloofness about Contemporary Art" he was producing. He broke with contemporary art, discarding his work from the period. By his 20s, Pageau had moved to Africa wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montreal
Montreal is the List of towns in Quebec, largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec, the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-largest in Canada, and the List of North American cities by population, ninth-largest in North America. It was founded in 1642 as ''Fort Ville-Marie, Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", and is now named after Mount Royal, the triple-peaked mountain around which the early settlement was built. The city is centred on the Island of Montreal and a few, much smaller, peripheral islands, the largest of which is Île Bizard. The city is east of the national capital, Ottawa, and southwest of the provincial capital, Quebec City. the city had a population of 1,762,949, and a Census geographic units of Canada#Census metropolitan areas, metropolitan population of 4,291,732, making it the List of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada, second-largest metropolitan area in Canada. French l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
