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Byzantine Icon Painting Tradition
Byzantine icon painting is an Orthodox theological image tradition using egg tempera and gold leaf, canonically established after the Triumph of Orth…
Timeline
- c. 843–900Constantinople · Byzantine EmpireAfter the restoration of icons following the Seventh Ecumenical Council in 843, the Orthodox Church established the theological status and painting canons of icons; egg tempera, gold leaf, and strict compositional formulas became workshop standards.
- c. 1261–1400Constantinople · Byzantine EmpireAfter the recovery of Constantinople in 1261, the Palaiologan dynasty rebuilt palace and church icon workshops, fusing classical revival elements with Orthodox iconography and influencing Orthodox communities in the Balkans and Anatolia.
- 1401–1410Constantinople · Byzantine EmpireBetween 1401 and 1410, Constantinople under Manuel II Palaiologos still maintained icon production, supplying churches, monasteries, and the court, and spreading the Palaiologan style to Serbia, the Morea, and elsewhere through Orthodox networks.
Sources
- The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium — Alexander P. Kazhdan et al. (1991)
- Byzantine Art and Architecture: An Introduction — Robert Ousterhout (2019)