Techniques of icon and wall painting: egg tempera, fresco, secco
This is the most comprehensive book to date on the techniques of icon and wall painting. Illustrated with over 450 colour photos and 180 drawings, it will be a source of pleasure and inspiration for the general reader as well as for the practising icon painter. The book is more than just a technical...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Leominster, Herefordshire
Gracewing
2021
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| In: | Year: 2011 |
| Edition: | revised edition with index, reprinted |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Mural painting
/ Icon painting
/ Fresco painting
/ Distemper painting
/ Secco painting
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| Further subjects: | B
Mural painting and decoration
Technique
B Mural painting and decoration - Technique B Icons History B Peinture d'icônes - Technique B Icônes - Histoire B Icons B Icon painting Technique B Icon painting - Technique B History |
| Summary: | This is the most comprehensive book to date on the techniques of icon and wall painting. Illustrated with over 450 colour photos and 180 drawings, it will be a source of pleasure and inspiration for the general reader as well as for the practising icon painter. The book is more than just a technical manual; it sets artistic practice in the context of the Church's spirituality and liturgy, with chapters on the theology and history of the icon, the role and symbolism of the iconostasis, and the principles behind the positioning of wall paintings within churches. The wealth of information in this book makes it an indispensable reference text, not only for iconographers but also for any painter working in egg tempera, fresco or secco. All the necessary processes are covered, including the making gessoing of wooden panels, gilding, preparing pigments, lime plastering and fresco, the various techniques for painting in tempera, right through to photographing the finished artwork. -- from dust jacket |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-428) |
| ISBN: | 0852442157 |