4 giug 1161 anni - Double-sided icon Virgin and Child Man of Sorrows

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12th century
Mount Sinai

encaustic icon evokes concept of living images inviting the viewer into interaction and communicating with each other

Hodegetria: Virgin who shows the Way, Christ; her expression shows emotion as if she has foreknowledge of the scene on the reverse

Man of Sorrows: hold antithetical realities simultaneously alive and dead, crucified yet off of cross, humiliation and glory

terms: hodegetria, Miracle at Blachernae

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