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Best books to learn Icon painting, in order
Icon painting is one of the few crafts where you cannot separate the technique from the doctrine: the materials, the proportions and the prototypes are all theologically argued, and a manual that skips the argument will leave you copying shapes you do not understand.
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Icon Painting: The Best Books to Read, in Order
Intermediate14books74 hrs5 stages
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Frequently asked questions
- How should I approach learning icon painting?
- Icon painting is one of the few crafts where you cannot separate the technique from the doctrine: the materials, the proportions and the prototypes are all theologically argued, and a manual that skips the argument will leave you copying shapes you do not understand.
- What's a good book to start icon painting with?
- A strong starting point is Byzantine Art (Oxford History of Art) by Robin Cormack. The ordered reading paths above show exactly where it fits and what to read next.