The Wise Fool Art Podcast

The Wise Fool Art Podcast


Ian Knowles, Iconographer (UK + Italy)

February 09, 2022

We discussed:

– resonance

– Icon writing versus icon painting

– objective standards of beauty

– the role of an icon

– the importance of light

– potential for artistic blasphemy

– the value of form

– legitimacy of prints

– craftsmanship

– value of geometry

 

 

https://www.eliasicons.co.uk

 

 

People + Places mentioned:

– Egon Sendler – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egon_Sendler

– Aidan Hart – https://aidanharticons.com

– Leonid Ouspensky – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9onid_Ouspensky

– George Kordis – https://kordis.gr

– Archimandrite Zenon – https://orthodoxartsjournal.org/archimandrite-zenon-theodor-life-work/

– Andrei Rublev – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrei_Rublev

 

 

Audio engineering by Mickey at CushAudio Services

Music by Peat Biby

 

 

Supported in part by: EEA Grants from Iceland, Liechtenstein + Norway – https://eeagrants.org

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And we appreciate the assistance of our partners in this project: Hunt Kastner – https://huntkastner.com + Kunstsentrene i Norge – https://www.kunstsentrene.no