Christ the Pantocrator (Cefalu, Sicily), mid-12th century, mosaic

Crucifixion, from the Church of the

Dormition (Daphni, Greece), c. 1090-

1100, mosaic

Lamentation over the Dead Christ, wall painting from Saint Pantaleimon (Nerezi, Macedonia),

1164

Vladimir Virgin, late 11th to early 12th

century, tempera on wood

Anastasis, apse fresco in the “parekklesion” of the Church of Christ in Chora (Istanbul), c. 1310-

20

Christ as Savior of Souls, icon from

the church of Saint Clement

(Ohrid, Macedonia), early

14th century, tempera, linen, and silver on

wood

Annunciation, reverse of two-sided icon from the church of

Saint Clement (Ohrid,

Macedonia), early 14th

century, tempera and linen on

wood

Andrei Rublyev. Three angels

(Old Testament Trinity), c. 1410, tempera on wood

popularity of icons/

iconostasis/strong patterns, firm lines, and intense color/

prefiguration of the incarnation

Dionisij. Mother of God Hodigitria

from the monastery of the

Ascension (Moscow), 1482

Barna and Postnik. Cathedral of St. Basilthe Blessed (Moscow), 1555-61

Ivan IV (the Terrible)/ central

“tent-and-tower”

(shater)/ onion domes