Mosaic from the Deesis Panel of the South Gallery of the Hagia Sophia Savior inĬhora (now Kariye Camii mosque, Istanbul (14th century mosaics Hundreds of these icons by doing an image search on "pantocrator" Stand for IC (abbreviation of Jesus) and XC (abbreviation ofĬhristos). To represent a contraction) to the left and right of Jesus' face The letters IC and XC (with bars above them Hand, and in his left hand holds the Bible. With three-rayed halo, gives a sign of blessing with his right ![]() At the center of the dome was the Christ, Jesus as The square base represented theĮarth with its four corners and the circular dome the heavensĪbove. ![]() ![]() This was adapted by theĮastern Byzantine Church and became the official architecturalįorm for the Divine Liturgy. Square base surmounted with a dome, emerged as the basicĪrchitectural form for religious worship. In the East, especially in India, the stupa, a Monastery Church, Daphni, Greece, 11th century, mosaic.Ĭhrist Pantocrator, Lord of All, is a characteristic icon of churches in ![]() Instead I have focused on portraits.Ĭhrist Pantocrator ("All Ruling" or "Lord of All") I have avoided for the most part depictions of Jesus in the context of events of his life, which is a huge task by itself. I've included some of the best of these here. But hundreds of artists have painted their own vision of what Jesus looked like. No one knows for sure what he looked like when he walked the dusty roads of Galilee and Judea in the First Century. There are no contemporary portraits of Jesus.
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