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'''Iconographers''' translate revealed [[scripture]] and divine truths into visual images, writing the [[icon]] with consecrated brushes, paints, and materials. Ideally, they should be pious individuals trained by holy fathers. [[Monks]] and [[nuns]], therefore, have traditionally been the primary source of icons.
Iconographers should traditionally [[prayer|pray]], [[fasting|fast]], and avoid worldly excitement during their work. Individual interpretation should is ideally be kept to a minimum as their the task is to pass on tradition by replicating previous icons within prescribed limits. TraditionallyThroughout most of Church history, works should remain icons have remained anonymous, but if in recent decades some icons have begun to be signed, be inscribed with the words, "Through the hand of [name]."
==See also==
*[[Iconography]]
*[[List of modern iconographers]]
[[Category:Iconographers]]