Should you ever sign an icon? How to avoid the Kubrick - ooops Rupnik!

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PAINTING GOD

Ian K

24 episodes

4 days ago

The podcast of the Arbor Vitae Icon Painting Academy, exploring the vast and mesmerising world of Byzantine iconography from a Catholic perspective. Ian is an Englishman, a professional icon painter, founder of the Bethlehem Icon School, and author of the Icon Painter's Handbook. He runs the Arbor Vitae Icon Academy from his current home in the Italian Alps. This podcast focuses on all things related to Byzantine iconography, from the spirituality through the theology to the nitty gritty of painting icons. Ian is a practising Roman Catholic, with a degree in theology from Oxford University

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Should you ever sign an icon? How to avoid the Kubrick - ooops Rupnik! - problem.

PAINTING GOD

15 minutes 34 seconds

1 year ago

Should you ever sign an icon? How to avoid the Kubrick - ooops Rupnik! - problem.

Orthodox icons are rarely signed, but western liturgical art is often about the artist. This is a big difference between east and west, but many contemporary iconographers feel uncomfortable not signing their name on the front as they would with any other painting. What should we make of this difference?