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Enthroned Virgin and Child

Virgin and Child represented enthroned, a format found in both portable images and monumental apse programs.

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Figures

3 direct
Saint Theodorecan-include · example-backedVirgin Maryrepresents · source-backedChristincludes · source-backed

Scenes

0 direct

No direct edge in this part of the current graph.

Visual grammar

5 direct
Throneuses-attribute · source-backedHand of God← appears-in · example-backedThrone← used-by · source-backedCentral and Flanking Figuresuses-composition · source-backedArchitectural Framinguses-framing · example-backed

Materials & making

0 direct

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Sacred space

1 direct
Apseassociated-with-zone · source-backed

Places

1 direct
Hosios Loukas← places-type-in-zone · example-backed

Objects

1 direct
Pendant Brooch with Cameo of Enthroned Virgin and Child and Christ Pantokrator← depicts-as-type · source-backed

History & transmission

1 direct
Hagia Sophia Apse Mosaic Dedicated, 867← places-type-in-zone · example-backed
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  1. FiguresTwo-step graph path · edge evidence: example-backed + source-backed
  2. ScenesTwo-step graph path · edge evidence: source-backed + source-backed
  3. ScenesTwo-step graph path · edge evidence: source-backed + source-backed
  4. ScenesTwo-step graph path · edge evidence: source-backed + source-backed
  5. Visual grammarTwo-step graph path · edge evidence: example-backed + example-backed
  6. Visual grammarTwo-step graph path · edge evidence: example-backed + source-backed
  7. Visual grammarTwo-step graph path · edge evidence: source-backed + source-backed
  8. Materials & makingTwo-step graph path · edge evidence: source-backed + source-backed
  9. Materials & makingTwo-step graph path · edge evidence: source-backed + source-backed
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ApseEnthroned Virgin and Child —associated-with-zone→ Apse · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-152.Central and Flanking FiguresEnthroned Virgin and Child —uses-composition→ Central and Flanking Figures · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-486.ChristEnthroned Virgin and Child —includes→ Christ · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-050.Pendant Brooch with Cameo of Enthroned Virgin and Child and Christ PantokratorEnthroned Virgin and Child ←depicts-as-type— Pendant Brooch with Cameo of Enthroned Virgin and Child and Christ Pantokrator · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-254.
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  1. Enthroned Virgin and Childassociated-with-zoneApsecontainsBema
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  2. Enthroned Virgin and Childassociated-with-zoneApseassociated-withConch
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Connected record

can-include
Saint Theodore
example-backed · Smarthistory
represents
Virgin Mary
source-backed · Smarthistory
includes
Christ
source-backed · Smarthistory
uses-attribute
Throne
source-backed · Smarthistory
← appears-in
Hand of God
example-backed · Smarthistory
← used-by
Throne
source-backed · Smarthistory
associated-with-zone
Apse
source-backed · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Smarthistory
← depicts-as-type
Pendant Brooch with Cameo of Enthroned Virgin and Child and Christ Pantokrator
source-backed · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
uses-composition
Central and Flanking Figures
source-backed · Smarthistory
uses-framing
Architectural Framing
example-backed · Smarthistory
← places-type-in-zone
Hosios Loukas
example-backed · Smarthistory
← places-type-in-zone
Hagia Sophia Apse Mosaic Dedicated, 867
example-backed · Smarthistory

Source trail

Smarthistory
Icon with Virgin (Theotokos) and Child between Saints Theodore and George
Open source ↗
text-reference-only; page imagery separately credited
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Pendant Brooch with Cameo of Enthroned Virgin and Child and Christ Pantokrator
Open source ↗
public-domain-image-and-open-access-data

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