“The Byzantine Orthodox iconography is not just an ‘art,’ it’s a sacred art,” said iconographer Theodoros Papadopoulos. “It is not ‘painting,’ it’s theology. It is not ‘artistic expression,’ it is ...

Exploring the art direction playbook of Stussy: iconography, friends and community, visual themes, and the brand's identity.

After a two-year pandemic-caused hiatus, the Indian Art History Congress took place at Chennai this week, hosted by the C P Ramaswami Aiyar Foundation. The theme was Indian Iconography with special ...

Praying before an icon is like having a meeting with your favorite saint, according to Michigan-based iconographer Kathleen Bordo Crombie. When a person gazes upon the holy artwork, it’s not as if he ...

Anna Schalk finds herself weeping each time she enters an Orthodox church and gazes at the flat, colorful icons of Jesus and the Virgin Mary. The impressionistic painter had long been drawn to ...

For Lara Neri, painting icons is a kind of prayer. “It’s probably the most intense prayer that I do,” said Neri, a Byzantine Catholic from Dallas, referring to the dozens of hours she spent in a class ...

Wesley Theological Seminary, a United Methodist-affiliated school a mile and a half away, also held an iconography class taught by Philip Davydov, another Russian iconographer. Photo courtesy of ...