Lasha Kintsurashvili is a painter and iconographer of Georgian Patriarchate and one of the founders of st. John the Theologian Iconographer’s Brotherhood. Lasha’s works are in Holy Mount Athos, in Greece, in Russia, in the USA, in France. read more...
Georgia is situated in the southern part of the Caucasus and is known for its remarkable past. The country has had its state system for more than three thousand years. During many centuries Georgia experienced political and cultural influence of the big states.
However, in spite of this fact, it has survived its originality. Cultural links and means of communication helped Georgia to develop and form its art as an original and inimitable phenomenon. This process is especially noticeable after the fourth century, when Christianity was declared as a state religion in Georgia.
Georgian monumental painting and iconography deserves a great attention, the pattern of which we meet after early feudal age. In Georgia the period of the iconoclasm didn’t take place and therefore the culture developed quite progressively in spite of the wars.
Modern Orthodox icon painting has followed a definite and distinct direction, which is surely a continuation from the old tradition. At the same time, many diversities of ancient iconography have been lost and forgotten. The revival of these traditions is a defense of the inheritance of the Orthodox Church.
