A portfolio type for featuring items in your portfolio.
Icons are an essential part of the church and called special liturgical veneration. The Greek word for “Icon” is, “Αγιογραφία,”. Icons are engraved on wood, which are made with natural materials, such as natural glue, which includes rabbit glue (κουνελόκολλα), egg yolk, etc. For the painting we use natural paints powders and gold. The icon …
What is a “Fresco”? A BRIEF NOTE ON THE ART OF FRESCO “Of all kinds of painting, that of fresco painting is the most masterly, dexterous, and expeditious, completing in one day, what, in any other style, would occupy a long time in painting, and which may be retouched. But fresco painting requires great dexterity …
Historically, mosaic icons were made with traditional materials like smalti, marble, and gold leaf glass. Those traditional mosaic materials might be preferred if you are trying to make a reproduction that looks historically accurate, but they are more expensive and more difficult to work with. If you have any latitude in choosing your materials, remember that it is …
