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Icon Of The Triumph Of Orthodoxy
The Icon of the Triumph of Orthodoxy (also known as the Icon of the Sunday of Orthodoxy) is the festal icon for the Feast of Orthodoxy, first Sunday of Great Lent, a celebration that commemorated the end of Byzantine Iconoclasm and restoration of icons to the church in 843 (the eponymous "Triumph of Orthodoxy"), and which remains a church feast in Orthodoxy. It is the earliest known depiction of this subject, and thought to have been painted in Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire. It was purchased by the British Museum in 1988. The dimensions of the icon are: height: 37.8 cm, width: 31.4 cm, depth: 5.3 cm. Composition Painted in Tempera, egg tempera on gold leaf over a wooden panel covered with gesso and linen in the late 14th century, its focal point is the famous icon, here intended to be understood as the physical icon itself, the Hodegetria, Virgin Hodegetria, which was commonly believed to have been created by Luke the Evangelist, St Luke. The Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Triumph Orthodoxy
The Roman triumph (Latin triumphus) was a celebration for a victorious military commander in ancient Rome. For later imitations, in life or in art, see Trionfo. Numerous later uses of the term, up to the present, are derived directly or indirectly from the Roman one. Triumph may refer to: Geography * Triumph, Idaho * Triumph, Illinois * Triumph, Louisiana * Triumph Township, Custer County, Nebraska * Triumph Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania * Triumph, Guyana Business * Triumph (TWN), a defunct German motorcycle manufacturer * Triumph Cycle Co. Ltd., a British bicycle brand * Triumph Engineering Co Ltd, a defunct British motorcycle manufacturer * Triumph Group, an aerospace manufacturing and repair company * Triumph Hotels, an American collection of hotels * Triumph International, a worldwide underwear manufacturer * Triumph Motor Company, a British car manufacturer * Triumph Motorcycles Ltd, a current British motorcycle manufacturer * Norton Villiers Triumph, a d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |