ICONOGRAPHY

      

Iconography, from the Greek iconographia,  refers to the making and liturgical use of icons pictorial representations of Biblical scenes of the life of Jesus Christ, and portraits of the saints.

 

Icons are usually made with paint, mosaic, embroidery, weaving, engraving, and other methods. The people who make icons are called iconographers.

 

Images have always been a vital part of the Church. But the place was the subject of iconoclastic controversy in the 8^th and 9^th centuries, especially in the East.  The Sunday of Orthodoxy the first Sunday of the Great Fast Lent every year celebrates the reestablishment of the Orthodox veneration of icons. The use of iconography is considered most distinctive by Byzantine Rise.

 

From the first centuries of Christianity, icons have been used for prayer.  Orthodox tradition tells us for instance, of an icon of Christ during his lifetime was not made by hand and the icon of Theotokos was painted by the Apostle and Evangelist Luke.   

Famous Greek iconographers are Victor (1665-1695) was a painter active during the 17th century, and represented the late Cretan school he was influenced by Michael Dakaskinos and he kept his style simple and followed the lines of the improved maniera Greca,  and was heavily influenced by the Venetian school.

According to the Neo-Hellenic Institute, 95 of his paintings and one fresco survived. Modern Greek iconographers are the famous Fotis Kontoglu,  Dimitrios Moulas, Panayiotis Markopoulos, and Ioannis Sanidopoulos  

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