The 'Painter's Manual' of Dionysius of Fourna

by Dionysios

Among the oldest of the Greek style narrative patternbooks and instruction texts extant. A classic hermeneia ('interpretation' of 'expounding' literally), this oversize, small-print gem includes introductory sections on iconpainting techniques and describes several thousand figures of saints, Old and New Testament events, parables, feast days, decoration of churches, color, etc. Detailed appendices make this a reference and source document 'par excellence'. Compiled on Mt. Athos from 1730-34, from ancient and then-current sources.

128 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1974

Reviews

[David · Rating 3 out of 5]

this is an acedemic book of the ancient Greek icon painter's process but worth the read on preparing Byzantine icons.