Western sacred artists over the past decades have begun to study with Orthodox iconographers to reclaim the lost tradition of the oriental icon and to introduce it again into the western churches and the lives of western Christians.Ībout the instructor: Faye Drobnic began studying iconography in 1993 with master iconographer Philip Zimmerman at the St.
Today the churches of the West are rediscovering the beauty of the early Byzantine icons. The sacred art of the Roman Catholic Church in the west evolved through various artistic styles over the centuries: Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, etc. The tradition of the Byzantine icon was preserved and perpetuated in the eastern Orthodox Churches from the early centuries until the present day. Iconography, the art of painting the icons, was passed on from one iconographer to another through ages, following the canons (guidelines) set by the bishops of the Church. Its purpose was to faithfully transmit the truths of the Christian Tradition to the faithful.
Theology of the Work: The Second Council of Nicaea in the year 787 AD defined the icon as “the visual Word of God, the Gospel in line and color.” The Byzantine icon was the sacred art of the undivided Christian Church of the first millennium. The studio is affiliated with the Prosopon School of Iconology founded by Russian iconographer Vladislav Andreyev. Elizabeth Icon Studio in Lafayette, Louisiana, is a place for the study and painting of icons under the instruction of Faye Drobnic.
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