Iconography - A direct link to the past ..?!!


	Iconography - A direct link to the past ..?!!

syncopath

12-20-2007 12:17 PM

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"Fanous is a modest man, friendly by nature, and a master of preparation, design, gilding and painting. The miracle of his brush strokes and his illumination through colour and light are trademarks of his expertise. His is an exceptional union between Pharaonic, early Christian, Byzantine and 18th and 19th-century Coptic imagery"

you may think that icons painting is passe, but it seems it has got a modern vivid demand.
surprised? look again ..

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