A supplement to An Iconographer's Patternbook, originally published in the late 19th century from ancient originals. They contain patterns and figures after classic and traditional models.

Iconographer's Sketchbook: Drawings and Patterns : The Postnikov Collection (1) (The Postnikov Collection ; Vol. 1)

Melnick, Gregory

Arts & Photography

Oakwood Pubns

&#34[This book] is one I wish I had thirty years ago. Then, it was difficult to find suitable patterns and models for icons. Here (with Volumes I and II) are almost 400 tracings of antique icons that are not the &#39classics' found in all albums of Russian icons, but rather represent iconography as it was known at the end of the nineteenth century when there was a &#39return to basics.' At the beginning of the twentieth century, people did not know what classic Russian icons looked like. Genuine icons were not accessible since old icons were painted over or were locked away in royal churches and chapels. Many icons were covered with elaborate jeweled covers revealing only the faces and hands. These current volumes contain patterns which have been completely redone, &#39translated,' if you will, to make them more useful. The originals were printed in reverse, without test or explanations, apart from the Russian titles. Explanations and commentary have been added. &#34These drawings are not designed for icons. Rather, the Sketchbooks present an &#39idea' as &#39studio' books. They should be used with other resources, including the classic pattern books previously published by Oakwood Publications (e.g. An Iconographer&#39s Patternbook; An Icon Painter&#39s Notebook; The Painter&#39s Manual of Dionysius of Fourna) and other texts such as The Icon: Image of the Invisible; The Image of God the Father in Orthodox Iconography and other readings. Most of the &#39model' saints, St Blaise for example, are represented in this set and hopefully will be useful. I sincerely hope that this new edition of Postnikov and Tyulin collections will be an inspiration to my fellow icon painters and aid the painting of modern traditional orthodox icons." - Gregory Melnick

Iconographer's Sketchbook, the Tyulin Collection (2) (The Tyulin Collection, Vol 2)

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Iconographer's Sketchbook: Drawings and Patterns : The Postnikov Collection (1) (The Postnikov Collection ; Vol. 1)

Iconographer's Sketchbook, the Tyulin Collection (2) (The Tyulin Collection, Vol 2)