nikopoia

Byzantine art

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depiction of Madonna

  • Raphael: The Grand Duke's Madonna
    In Madonna: Madonna in early Christian and Byzantine art

    …in Byzantine art are the nikopoia (“bringer of victory”), an extremely regal image of the Madonna and Child enthroned; the hodēgētria (“she who points the way”), showing a standing Virgin holding the Child on her left arm; and the blacherniotissa (from the Church of the Blachernes, which contains the icon…

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