Related Paintings of unknow artist :. | Our Lady of Pity | The rituals of war | Bouquet of Flowers in a Sculpted Vase (detail) | Bolw with ruler surrounded by attendants | Elijah and khizr as mirror images,near the fount of life where their twin fish have resuscitated |
Related Artists:
George Edmund Butler
British, 1870-1936
Alson Skinner Clark
1876-1949
majestas domini
Christ in Majesty, or Christ in Glory, in Latin Majestas Domini, is the Western Christian image of Christ seated on a throne as ruler of the world, always seen frontally in the centre of the composition, and often flanked by other sacred figures, whose membership changes over time and according to the context. The image develops from Early Christian art, which directly borrowed the formulae of depictions of the enthroned Roman Emperor. In the Byzantine world, the image developed slightly differently into the half-length Christ 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 Baptist, and often other figures. In the West, the evolving composition remains very consistent within each period until the Renaissance, and then remains important until the end of the Baroque, in which the image is ordinarily transported to the sky.