![]() ![]() Holy Face of Christ Icon written by Christine HalesĪcheiropoieta refers to the holy image that appeared miraculously, as in the case of the Mandylion and also to the Icon of Veronica’s veil. This legend is attributed to the Mandylion Icon. The messenger brought this image to the King who was instantly healed. ![]() When Jesus was unable to go, He put His face to the cloth and Christ’s image was miraculously transferred to the cloth. HodegetriaĪ fourth century legend speaks of King Agbar who, in need of healing, had sent his messenger to Christ asking for an audience. This Icon of the Mother of God is called the Hodegetria. Saint PeterĮarly Christian legend has Saint Luke as the first Icon painter, as he was commissioned to paint a portrait of Mary and the Christ Child. It allowed the viewer to “read” the icon and know exactly who the icon was honoring. Later, visual images symbolically represented status and function, but naming of the icon was still an important element visually. First, these distinctions were made, for the lesser saints, with words and inscriptions. Fayum PortraitĪfter the period of iconoclasm, Byzantine portraits of saints began to place more emphasis on the functions and status of the saints depicted in addition to attempting a physical likeness. The most common subjects of early memorial portraits were Christ, Mary, saints and angels. Some of the earliest surviving icons of Mary and the saints are from wall paintings and mosaics after the sixth century. A certain standardization of facial features in sixth century icons of Byzantine Saints developed that bears a striking resemblance to the Fayum portraits of the first and second centuries. The Byzantine system of sacred portraiture and narrative derives, in part, from the stylistic influences of the Egyptian Fayum period. The martyrs became invisible, but constant companions through portraiture and symbolism in the early icons. Until Emperor Constantine legalized Christianity in 313, Christians had to hide their faith or risk death or persecution.įor the early Christians, it was the memorial image that made the unseen world of their faith live in reality. They were created to keep alive the memory of the early Christian martyrs. The very first Christian Icons were memorial portraits from the Catacombs immediately following the Resurrection and continuing for three hundred years. Michael Hales on Why Icon Writing and not … View Christinesimoneauhales’s profile on YouTube.View Christine Simoneau Hales’s profile on LinkedIn.View Christinesimoneauhales’s profile on Pinterest. ![]()
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