The Body Divine in Christian Orthodox Iconography

Date: November 2 2024

Time: 10.00-11.30 U.K. time / 11.00-12.30 European time

In  Orthodox icon painting there is a whole two thousand year tradition of exploring  how to - not so much depict, because this is not possible - but to point, through painting, to the Body Divine: the divinised body. The ultimate icon of the divinised human body is, of course the Transfiguration. I hope to share with you some of the techniques through which the paradox of God and man is portrayed in the technique of the icon. So, I am going to ask you to follow through with me, how an icon painter would do this - both in prayer and technique.