dec 2, 690 - Virgin and child between Saints Theodore and George
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Virgin and child between Saints Theodore and GeorgeEarly Byzantine Europe. Six or early seventh century C.E. Encastic on wood.
The composition displays a spatial ambiguity that places the scene in a world that operates differently from our world. The ambiguity allows the scene to partake of the viewer's world but also separates the scene from the normal world.
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dec 2, 690
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~ 1335 years ago