feb 24, 555 - Christ Blessing, icon from the monastery of St. Catherine, Mount Sinai, Egypt (6th century)

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white highlights in christ's forehead, cross hatching = bony forehead
not sure where christ is in space
architectural structure behind him
hand is foreshortened
bad art= this is not a trick, just a representation.
asymmetry in face reflects that he's human and a god
roman painting style
holding gospels
similar to egyptian sarcophagus
survived iconoclasm because it was in the fortress monastery

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