Another Brush with God : Further Conversations about Icons Paperback / softback
by Peter Pearson
Paperback / softback
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Introduces readers to a more advanced level in icon development, exploring more complex imagery and skillsStep-by-step instructions for painting icons, from original drawings through finished productIncludes eight full-color plates of the author's original iconsThis is the sequel to the authors previous work, A Brush with God, for advanced beginners, intermediate, and advanced iconographers.
It presents greater detail and instructions for creating entirely new icons.
One major feature of the new book is the full-page sketches that artists can photocopy and use as the basis of their own icons, providing a unique and much-requested resource. Chapters and topics include: Introduction and contemporary reflections on iconography, spirituality, and technique. Highlighting folds on full-length figures, including black and white renderings of draped legs, arms, and torsos. Architectural and landscape renderings in Byzantine iconography, including background shadow and highlighting techniques, plus inverse perspective. Festal icons, involving multiple figures, landscapes, architecture, furniture, vegetation, and animals. Construction of heads, figures, and analysis of whole compositions, sacred geometry and proportion.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:130 pages
- Publisher:Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
- Publication Date:01/10/2009
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- ISBN:9780819222985
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:130 pages
- Publisher:Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
- Publication Date:01/10/2009
- Category:
- ISBN:9780819222985