Five years of creation, image and light with Georgios Kordis at the Orthodox Academy of Cretetranslated
The Orthodox Academy of Crete hosted the international iconography summer school "Writing the Light – George Kordis Icon Summer School" again this year, which completes five years of continuous presence. The above school is now an established international institution for the study and teaching of the Byzantine visual system. With the guidance of the internationally recognized illustrator and painter Dr. Georgiou Kordis, the summer school introduces participants to the study of the Byzantine visual system, focusing on the power of line, rhythm, light and the creative evolution of the image in the modern world.
As part of this year's event, the Byzantine woodcut workshop "The Byzantine Woodcut" of the "Writing the Light" program was held for the first time, with engraver Fotis Varthi as presenter. The workshop approaches the Byzantine visual language through the art of woodcut, highlighting the power of line, rhythm and engraving. The participants had the opportunity to transfer their designs under the design teaching of Dr. Georgiou Kordis, based on the Byzantine visual system in wooden...
