b Lowell MA 1834 d London 1903  Related Paintings of James Abbot McNeill Whistler :. | Study of a Head | Caprice in Purple and Gold | Grey and Silver: Old Battersea Reach | Portrait of Arthur J. Eddy | Nocturne in Black and Gold,the Falling Rocket |
Related Artists:
CLAEISSENS, Pieter the Younger
Flemish Northern Renaissance Painter, ca.1500-1575
Frank Walton
Frank Walton. RI, RBA (1840 - 1888)
majestas domini
Christ in Majesty, or Christ in Glory, in Latin Majestas Domini, is the Western Christian image of Christ seated on a throne as ruler of the world, always seen frontally in the centre of the composition, and often flanked by other sacred figures, whose membership changes over time and according to the context. The image develops from Early Christian art, which directly borrowed the formulae of depictions of the enthroned Roman Emperor. In the Byzantine world, the image developed slightly differently into the half-length Christ Pantocrator, "Christ, Ruler of All", a usually unaccompanied figure, and the Deesis, where a full-length enthroned Christ is entreated by Mary and St. John the Baptist, and often other figures. In the West, the evolving composition remains very consistent within each period until the Renaissance, and then remains important until the end of the Baroque, in which the image is ordinarily transported to the sky.