-
Byzantine art, and in
later Eastern Orthodox iconography generally, the
Deësis or
Deisis (/deɪˈiːsɪs/, day-EE-siss; Gr****: δέησις, "prayer" or "supplication")...
- Pantocrator, "Christ,
Ruler of All", a
usually unaccompanied figure, and the
Deesis,
where a full-length
enthroned Christ is
entreated by Mary and St. John...
- The
Deësis mosaic Mosaic in the
northern tympanum depicting Saint John
Chrysostom Detail of the
Christ Pantocrator mosaic, also
known as the
Deësis mosaic...
-
represents the
heavenly redemption, and
includes the
central classical Deësis arrangement of God (identified
either as
Christ the King or God the Father)...
- Holy
Virgin Mary
often flank Jesus on
either side. The
composition of the
Deesis came to be
included in
every Eastern Orthodox church, as
remains the case...
- however, some of the city's
monuments were restored, and some, like the two
Deesis mosaics in
Hagia Sophia and Kariye, were created.
Various economic and military...
- An
example of
Byzantine pictorial art, the
Deësis mosaic at the
Hagia Sophia in Constantinople...
- in the
Sinai (archived 20
February 2006) The icon
Christ Pantocrator at
Chilandar Monastery on Holy
Mount Athos The
Deesis Pantocrator in
Hagia Sophia...
-
Christ Pantocrator,
detail of the
Deesis mosaic in
Hagia Sophia –
Constantinople (Istanbul) 12th century...
- Hutchinson, London, 1967, p. 92. Freeman, Evan (2021). "Hagia Sophia's
Deesis Mosaic".
Smarthistory Guide to
Byzantine Art.
Vasiliev 1952, pp. 343–344...
