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Byzantine Art from Meteora and Hossios Loukas

"In 726 he [emperor Leo III] formally prohibited the use of images, and for more than a century Byzantine artists produced little new religious figurative art.  In place of images, the iconoclasts used symbolic forms already familiar in early Christian art...  In the ninth century, a powerful reaction against iconoclasm set in.  The destruction of images was condemned as a heresy, and restoration of the images began in 843. "

- Gardner's Art Through The Ages, 11th edition, Vol. I, p. 343

 


Church Interior - Meteora, Greece




Adam Names the Animals - fresco (Meteora)


John the Baptist - portable icon




The Baptism of Christ - fresco (Meteora)



The Resurrection of Lazarus - fresco (Meteora)

Christ the Pantocrator - dome fresco (Hossias Loukas)


Saint Nicholas (Santa Claus) - fresco (Meteora)


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Virgin with Child - fresco (Meteora, Greece)



Virgin with Child - portable icon (St. Catherine's Monastery, Egypt)



Virgin with Child  - portable icon