Geography of Art: Ancient Art
Expert to Visit Ball State University
Internationally noted iconographer, Dr. George Kordis, Assistant
Professor in Iconography Theory and Practice at the National and Kapodistrian in
the School of Theology at the University of Athens, will present a lecture on
ancient art at the Ball State University Student Center Ballroom. Icons
and Iconography: An Ancient Art Form in the Modern World will be Monday,
March 3 at 7:30 pm.
Dr. Kordis will discuss the technique of icon painting and the study of
iconography. Kordis and his team are
visiting Indiana to add to the iconography programs of St. George Antiochan
Orthodox Church in Fishers and Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Carmel.
The Byzantine Empire map and image above (click to enlarge) are from
the atlas, Great Empires: An Illustrated
Atlas, published by National Geographic and available from the Ball State
University Libraries’ Atlas Collection in Bracken Library. The Atlas Collection also includes other
cartographic resources about art, including Atlas
of World Art published in 2004, Atlas
of Western Art History by John Steer, and Atlas of the Early Christian World.
The event is free and open to the public. The Ball State University Orthodox Christian
Fellowship is sponsoring the event. For
more information, please contact Zachery Hayden, student leader or Dr. Martha
Payne, advisor.
For more information about the Atlas Collection, please contact the GIS
Research and Map Collection at 765-285-1097.
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