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The image depicts the following symbols: The Blessed Virgin Mary — wearing a dress of dark red, in Byzantine iconography the color of the Empress. The subject shows Mary looking towards the faithful while pointing at the Child Jesus, frightened by the instruments of crucifixion and is depicted with a fallen sandal.
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) The color Byzantium is a particular dark tone of purple. It originates in modern times, and, despite its name, it should not be confused with Tyrian purple ( hue rendering ), the color historically used by Roman and Byzantine emperors. The latter, often also referred to as "Tyrian red", is more reddish in hue ...
Byzantine flags and insignia. For most of its history, the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire did not use heraldry in the Western European sense of permanent motifs transmitted through hereditary right. [1] Various large aristocratic families employed certain symbols to identify themselves; [1] the use of the cross, and of icons of Christ, the ...
The colors used are made up of bright and bold red, gold and brown colors. Other subtle colors such as white and blue are present in the clothing of the figures on the top right and bottom half of the composition. The artwork features high contrast between the space and the subjects through the use of the gold leaf on the wood panel.
Eastern Orthodox icons. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Icons (art). This category relates to religious Eastern Orthodox icons, icon painting, and icon painters.
Byzantine illuminated manuscripts. 10th-century illumination in the Paris Psalter which depicts the life of King David, traditionally regarded as the author of the Book of Psalms. In total there are 14 images throughout the psalter. Byzantine illuminated manuscripts were produced across the Byzantine Empire, some in monasteries but others in ...
18th century Byzantine -style bronze of Our Lady of the Sign from Jerusalem, showing the Mary, the mother of Jesus in the "Orans" position. There are a number of different feast days during the liturgical year which commemorate Our Lady of the Sign. The main feast is on November 27. Other feast days normally commemorate specific copies of the ...
Lazarus the IconographerΛάζαρος Ζωγράφος. Lazarus ( Greek: Λάζαρος ), surnamed Zographos (Ζωγράφος, "the Painter"), is a 9th-century Byzantine Christian saint. [1] He is also known as Lazarus the Painter and Lazarus the Iconographer. Born in Armenia on November 17, 810, he lived before and during the second period ...