Saints, beards and egg tempera — the Byzantines are back! George Kordis is reconceptualizing Byzantine iconography to focus on the relationship between the body and the sacred, giving traditionally ...

"My Father’s Daughter: Byzantine Art in the Modern World" is a special exhibition for local artist Joni Zavitsanos, as it chronicles the work of her late father, renowned Byzantine iconographer ...

HENRY MAGUIRE AND EUNICE DAUTERMAN MAGUIRE Other Icons: Art and Power in Byzantine Secular Culture Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2007. 223 pp.; 8 color ills., 150 b/w. $49.50 For decades, ...

WASHINGTON (RNS) Anna Schalk finds herself weeping each time she enters an Orthodox church and gazes at the flat, colorful icons of Jesus and the Virgin Mary. The impressionistic painter had long been ...

I went through a phase when I was a little obsessed with tsarist Russia. I was fascinated by those gilded times, when everything, even the religious icons, seemed to be covered in gold. It turns out ...

Vanity of vanities, all is vanity,” declares Ecclesiastes. For those who have long considered Andy Warhol too fixated on the ...

EVERY Sunday, Diamantis Cassis listens intently to the weekly sermon. He takes his faith seriously. But sometimes during the two-hour service his eyes will turn to the icons that fill Annunciation ...

Gustav Klimt’s “The Kiss” stands as one of the most iconic pieces of art from the early 20th century. Created between 1907 and 1908, this masterpiece is celebrated for its unique style and profound ...