{"product_id":"traditional-icon-painting-isbn-9781800923942","title":"Traditional Icon Painting","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn inspiring, detailed and fully practical guide to traditional icon painting: learn step by step how to paint your own stunning icons that glow with rich color and symbolism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003ci\u003eThis book demonstrates that icon painting remains a vibrant, living artistic style, offering techniques which modern artists can usefully utilize.\u003c\/i\u003e' – Monstersandcritics.com\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith superb new photographs and 16 additional pages, this revised edition of Gilles Weissmann’s best-selling title celebrates icon painting and its rich history. Focusing on the traditional methods of sacred art, this detailed and practical guide covers every relevant element.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUncover the \u003cb\u003epictorial language and symbolism\u003c\/b\u003e used throughout history, and look in detail at proportion, composition and geometry when creating your own designs.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDiscover the \u003cb\u003etraditional materials\u003c\/b\u003e needed for gilding, painting, using egg tempera, and varnishing.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLearn how to prepare a traditional \u003cb\u003ewooden support\u003c\/b\u003e with gesso and fabric, clearly photographed step by step.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFollow the extensive \u003cb\u003estep-by-step guides\u003c\/b\u003e, filled with practical insights, to create colours and highlights that really glow.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdd \u003cb\u003einscriptions\u003c\/b\u003e: examples are provided in several languages including Greek and Slavonic.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLearn how to \u003cb\u003epre-varnish and varnish\u003c\/b\u003e your icons to protect them.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTake inspiration from a \u003cb\u003egallery of stunning finished icon paintings\u003c\/b\u003e by modern artists.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eRevised, updated and expanded edition of \u003ci\u003eTechniques of Traditional Icon Painting\u003c\/i\u003e (9781844487943), 2012.\u003cb\u003eGilles Weissmann\u003c\/b\u003e 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 Iconês Anastasis where he teaches and paints.","brand":"Search Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233796534501,"sku":"NP9781800923942","price":31.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781800923942.jpg?v=1767742884","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/traditional-icon-painting-isbn-9781800923942","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}