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Iconofile News
Tour of Byzantine Art
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Hagia Sophia, Istanbul |
Now in its fourth year, this 14-day tour visits the most important centers of Byzantine art in modern day Turkey and Greece. The tour includes Istanbul (Constantinople), rock cut churches of Cappadocia, the seven cities of Revelation, such as Ephesus and Smyrna, the Greek islands of Patmos where the Apostle John had his visions of Revelation and of Chios, location of the Nea Moni monastery. The small group size allows us to spend time in each of the sites to discuss the history, symbolism and techniques of ancient Byzantine frescoes, mosaics and icons.
 Tour of Byzantine Art
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Fresco Painting Workshops
Buon Fresco Workshops
Northern California: July 18-20
Santa Fe: August 1-3
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.
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Icon Painting Workshops
Icon Painting Workshops
Seattle: March 31-April 5
Santa Fe: April 7-12
Chicago: April 14-19
In this six-day workshop, you use a prototype of an icon to develop skills in painting and gilding. The icon features gilding, decorative details and drawing of hands and face. You learn how to apply gold assist. You also learn advanced techniques of petite lac (floats) and dry brush painting to achieve the luminosity and colors of icons.
The workshop is taught by Philip Davydov and Olga Shalamova of the Sacred Mural Studio, St. Petersburg, Russia. The Sacred Mural Studio uses the same creative approach to the old prototypes as medieval Christian artists had and follow not only Church canons of icon and fresco painting and traditional technique and materials, but follow the spirit of our predecessors.
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Latest Issue of Journal: Icon Styles and
Icon Theology
 Now Available. This special issue of Iconofile focuses on a concern important to all iconodules: the evolution of style of the Byzantine and Orthodox icon. Among the many styles of icons, the naturalistic icons of the Synodal period in Russia posed certain problems to a small lay group whose ideas later spawned “icon theology." From the viewpoint of icon theology, ecclesiastical art of this period is condemned as "non-canonical." This issue is 32 pages and contains full-color images of icons. Order your subscription now so that you will not miss
future issues of the Journal.
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Icon painting supplies now available from Natural Pigments
Iconofile formed an agreement to offer its art supplies through NaturalPigments.com. All painting supplies in the Iconofile store are now available from Natural Pigments. Iconofile will continue offering books related to iconography and many new items, such as hand-painted icons.
Iconofile Annual Members will continue to receive a ten percent discount on all orders over $50. Simply use the membership discount code that you received with your membership when you check out your shopping bag at the NaturalPigments.com web site. Proceeds from sales directly benefit Iconofile's non-profit mission.
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