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