Original sketches and commentary by George Kordis provide direct insight into Byzantine iconography
Focuses on the role of line and composition in creating meaningful icons
Explains the theological and aesthetic significance of Byzantine art
Accessible format for both academic and lay readers interested in Orthodox Christianity
"Is it possible to teach Byzantine art? Can it be circumscribed within a set of artistic rules and principles that can be explained and demonstrated?" These are the questions with which George Kordis, Assistant Professor of Iconography at the University of Athens, begins his book. "Icon as Communion." This book is not an explicitly academ
