The most comprehensive study of icon painting techniques ever
published
• Step-by-step techniques and over 100 photographs and
illustrations
• Includes galleries of professional artists’ and students’
work
Gilles Weissmann studied at the Beaux-Arts in Paris, exploring Egyptian painting, sculpture, Chinese Buddhist art, Mesopotamian and Roman art. He then studied icon painting and became the assistant of Professor Genevieve Governor. He now has his own studio and school of iconography in Paris: l'Atelier Icones Anastasis where he teaches and paints.
Aug 12 Anyone who has been in an Eastern Orthodox church, or seen
Byzantine icons in museums and art galleries cannot fail to be
amazed by the sheer colour, exuberance and brilliance of the icons.
It is a very traditional method of painting, hundreds of years old
which is still in use today. But how do you achieve that glowing
result? This book is the perfect answer. It explains the techniques
used by icon artists and shows how to achieve good results. What is
equally useful is the historical background that is provided,
together with a study of the symbolism used in icons. There are
some superb examples of finished icon paintings by modern artists
making it a very inspirational book. Useful too are the
inscriptions provided in several languages including Greek and
Slavonic. The book demonstrates that icon painting remains a
vibrant, living artistic style offering techniques which modern
artists can usefully utilize.
*Monstersandcritics.com*
Nov 12 This book differs from all the other art books I have
reviewed in two respects. Firstly, this is not secular but sacred
art and secondly, the materials are in the main totally different.
Forget your oils or watercolors, these are real art materials that
have been used for this type of work for centuries. This is not a
book for the total beginning painter either, as some artistic
talent and knowledge is taken as given. Working through the steps
it is not too hard to produce something that looks like the
finished image. Maybe I would also add a third difference, that
this is not art as free expression of the painter’s own personality
but the depiction of Christian imagery. The book opens with some
icons from the classic era and the story of how they came to be.
This includes a brief summary of the symbolism of icons, and then
it is on to the practical part of the book. Learn how to make the
actual wood and fabric base for the painting (see, I told you this
was a different sort of art book) and what you need to obtain for
the whole process. Be warned that some of the items are highly
toxic, and much care is needed in using them. Find out what part an
egg plays in drawing with a paintbrush, and work through a good
example of an icon--gilding and all--in usual Search Press style
through staged photographs. There are other icons to paint too,
with a simplified system of how they are painted in stages that
reminded me of the How To Draw series, and finally a gallery of
work to admire and be inspired by. This is a truly unique and
lovely book that ought to result in a flowering of many icons.
*Myshelf.com*
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