The Enchantment of Poetry

About the Book

The Enchantment of Poetry marks an intriguing collaboration between an artist and a poet. Dr Georgios D. Kordis, a professor, theologian, and important artist of his time, created the fine art drawings. A renowned, world-class iconographer in the Byzantine tradition, Kordis has introduced surrealistic and impressionistic influences that create amazing images that add to Byzantine art traditions. In this volume, the works of Kordis are accompanied by the ideologies and scenarios presented by poetess and muse Lady Sarah Paris. Her poems’ topics range from historical and religious subjects to romantic and mythical imagery. Lady Paris’s poetry encompasses her insights, opinions, fantasies, research, and experiences to realize the depth of the connection between Kordis’s art and her writings. Finding inspiration in the Master Painter, Lady Paris has written very special poems, songs, and stories referencing these wonderful fine art treasures. The Enchantment of Poetry brings together two art forms that benefit from the presence of the other in this enchanting illustrated collection.

About the Author

Dr Georgios Demetrious Kordis earned his MA in theology from the University of Athens, receiving his PhD in theology and Byzantine aesthetics. He has restored artworks at UNESCO World Heritage sites as well as churches and edifices, both ancient and modern, in Europe, Russia, and the United States. He has lectured at universities around the world. Lady Sarah Paris is the founder of the Weeping Eye Atelier and La Collection Inscrutable & Incroyable in France. Her poetry was published by her mother at an early age, and she has written pieces throughout her life under various noms de plume.