BYZANTINE ICONOGRAPHY TODAY... AN ART OR NOT?
Iconography today, as an art and as a vital approach to our faith, its course throughout the modern world and its perspective, is something that concerns me as a human being serving this art. I would like to point out some things which constitute a personal collection of experiences and knowledge.
The knowledge of tradition as well as of the techniques of the great masters of iconography in the past, constitute for me the basis and the motive to further personal progress. In the beginning of our century, the return to Byzantine art was of great interest. Today our feelings are those of indifference and apathy. I should say that contemporary Byzantine art is at risk of losing its admirers not only among educated artists but also among people of the church.
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