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The road of the icon towards us. An overview of religious painting workshops held in Bucharest.


Sorina Elena Amironesei, The road of the icon towards us. An overview of religious painting workshops held in Bucharest.
This article is an overview of the last four major iconography workshops open to the public, held in Bucharest and its immediate vicinity since autumn 2012, meaning two International Symposiums on religious painting (Mogoşoaia 6 to 9 November 2012, Cotroceni 12 to 17 May 2014) and two editions of the National Icon Painting Workshop in Otopeni (21 to 26 October 2013, 3 to 8 November 2014). The material includes the presentation of the workshops, descriptions of the works done during this time and the summary of the round table discussions and conferences which marked the end of each event.

Keywords: icon, religious painting, icon workshop, Group Eikon


 

SORINA ELENA AMIRONESEI