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Iconofile News
Tour of Biblical and Christian Egypt
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Saint Catherine Monastery at Sinai |
This 15-day tour planned on October 3-17, 2010 will visit the most important centers of Christian art (both Coptic and early Christian) in Egypt. The tour includes a tour of Old Cairo, the pharonic tour of Giza and monasteries, such as Saint Catherine on Mount Sinai and Christian churches of Cairo, Luxor and other parts of Egypt. The small group size allows us to spend time in each of the sites to discuss the history, architecture of Christianity's earliest monasteries, and the symbolism and techniques of ancient frescoes and icons.
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Fresco Painting Workshops
Fresco Painting Workshop
Salt Lake City, Utah: Sept 9-11, 2010
This three-day workshop is an introduction to true fresco painting, presenting both the historical and modern concepts of the painting technique. The workshop will give you the skills needed to complete a fresco painting.
The course begins with hands-on instruction on preparing and applying the plaster. The instructor will help you to prepare the fresco cartoon from a drawing, transfer it to the plaster and begin painting the image on paper. The cartoon is a color preparatory painting of the final fresco. Once finished and the plaster applied, the actual painting begins and is completed in one day. At the end of this workshop you complete a portable fresco to take home with you. The techniques learned in this workshop can be applied to wall paintings.
Who should attend this workshop? If you want to learn the technique of true fresco painting, and you are interested in the master works of fresco painting from the early medieval period to the Renaissance, then you should attend this workshop.
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Icon Painting Workshops
Icon Painting Workshop
Spring 2011 Schedule to be Announced
This six-day intensive course in traditional icon painting focuses on the art of icon painting; not the mere copying of ancient examples, but practicing the living art of the Church where there is always a place for creativity. All work is done without tracing, but much attention is given to the artistic principles of creating an image and such important concepts as composition, layout, color, tone, contrast, scale, etc.
The 12th century icon of the Holy Virgin Hagiosoritissa will be used as model for the course. The work will be divided into small steps; the instructor will explain and demonstrate each phase in detail, answering all questions. From the very beginning to the completion of the course, every student will work on his or her icon with assistance by the instructor. The course is of interest to adults of any level of artistic education. Through practical and theoretical instruction of icon painting tradition, you can develop a deeper meaning of the icon for yourself.
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