Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A person versed in iconography.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A maker of images.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who creates (religious) icons.
Etymologies
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Examples
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David Clayton, a leading artist from Great Britain, is trained as both an iconographer and in the Western naturalistic tradition.
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While there are no professional iconographer associations across the country, George O'Hanlon, executive director of the California-based Iconofile educational group estimates there are fewer than 100 professional icon painters in the United States.
Self-Taught Iconographer Writes 'God's Story In Pictures' 2010
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According iconographer Linette Martin's book, "Sacred Doorways: A Beginner's Guide to Icons," iconography took root in the Byzantine Empire in the fourth century as a visual way of communicating Christian truths.
Self-Taught Iconographer Writes 'God's Story In Pictures' 2010
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Cole is a professional iconographer, who creates, or "writes," the sacred images and instruments of meditative prayer usually associated with Eastern Orthodoxy.
Self-Taught Iconographer Writes 'God's Story In Pictures' 2010
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Cole is a professional iconographer, who creates, or "writes," the sacred images and instruments of meditative prayer usually associated with Eastern Orthodoxy.
Self-Taught Iconographer Writes 'God's Story In Pictures' 2010
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Her priest and spiritual director introduced her to iconography in 1995 through a workshop taught by iconographer Peter Pearson from New Hope, Pa.
Self-Taught Iconographer Writes 'God's Story In Pictures' 2010
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Note, in Discworld, a photographer --- iconographer --- squeezes the fire out of a salamander for a flash:
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Her priest and spiritual director introduced her to iconography in 1995 through a workshop taught by iconographer Peter Pearson from New Hope, Pa.
Self-Taught Iconographer Writes 'God's Story In Pictures' 2010
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While there are no professional iconographer associations across the country, George O'Hanlon, executive director of the California-based Iconofile educational group estimates there are fewer than 100 professional icon painters in the United States.
Self-Taught Iconographer Writes 'God's Story In Pictures' 2010
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While there are no professional iconographer associations across the country, George O'Hanlon, executive director of the California-based Iconofile educational group estimates there are fewer than 100 professional icon painters in the United States.
Self-Taught Iconographer Writes 'God's Story In Pictures' 2010
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