IN22 Icon Writing Workshop

Vladislav Andrejev, Prosopon School of Iconology

9:00 am – 5:00 pm   (with one hour for lunch), June 16-20

$650 (price reduced, includes materials)

The course offers a study of the ancient “floating” technique of icon painting in the Byzantine-Russian tradition, which reached its height in the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. Students are acquainted with the preparation of an icon board, learn gold leaf application by the bole method, study the horizontal “floating” technique of egg tempera, and are instructed how to finish the icon with boiled linseed oil.  As in antiquity, natural materials are used, and the iconographic method is characterized by a multi-step process in which the succession of steps is concrete and definite, as in the liturgical services of the Church.  Students are introduced to both the practical and theoretical parts of the ancient iconographic tradition: explanations of iconic symbolism, and the theological and philosophical basis of each step of the process is presented in parallel with the technical instruction.  The main goal of study is to uncover the world of one’s inner life and the principles of God’s Image and Action in it and in all of creation through the study of the symbolic, “reverse perspective” language.  Thus, emphasis is placed on personal spiritual discipline and growth through a study of Christian Church teachings and principles.

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