Textbook pages XXXXXXXXXXon themes and people within Christianity and select one work of art from the Byzantine period and explain how the subject matter displays both political and religious events...

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SHORT ESSAY ON CHRIST PANTOCRATOR
    
In the painting Christ Pantocrator, the figure of Christ is represented frontally, his right hand raised in blessing and his left hand holding a jewelled Gospel book. He wears tunic and himation of deep purple colour; the folds are defined by darker and lighter shades of purple. The gold cross-nimbus is decorated along the edge with a punched design. The almost life-size figure of superb artistic quality fills the frame. Behind Christ, a shallow niche denotes limited...