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42640014 Jesus, Basilica di Sant'Apollinare in Classe
Jesus, Basilica di Sant'Apollinare in Classe; taken with a Canon EOS 1v.
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The mosaics on the upper part of the triumphal arch (or choir arch) date from the 9th century. Against a dark background are the symbols of the Four Evangelists in flight, with a bust of Christ in the center. The winged ox, symbol of St. Luke, is quite unusual: rather like a Picasso painting, its head is very distorted, with the nostrils shown frontally but the rest in profile.
The area below these figures shows the holy cities of Bethlehem and Jerusalem, from which twelve lambs emerge and ascend a hill toward Christ. These represent the Twelve Apostles.
Below, squeezed in along the sides of the apse, are palm trees. These mosaics date from the 7th century, as do the figures of the Archangels Michael and Gabriel carrying banners. At the bottom on each side, busts of the Evangelists Matthew and (probably) Luke date from the 12th century.
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Christ (44 x 44 cm.)
The head of Christ at the center of the glorious cross in the apse of S. Apollinare in Classe is an icon of the highest importance in spite of the limited proportions of the artistic form quantitatively and perhaps also qualitatively. In fact a Christian apse should be dominated by the figure of Christ; but in Classe the icon of the martyr saint and proto-bishop Apollinare, more or less central, and the great cross (also more or less central) occupy the privileged space. So the Savior's face (with three inscriptions appended - Alpha and Omega, Salus mundi and IXOYC) gives a definitive meaning to the cross. Furthermore, where the glorious cross is the celebration of the Easter Resurrection, all that remains for the bearded face of Christus-homo is to express the message of the passion and death on Golgotha. Thus this bearded face of Christ should be considered in the symbolism of the center of the world, the cosmic universe; and center of the world of history in the mystery of salvation.
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42640014 Jesus, Basilica di Sant'Apollinare in Classe
Jesus, Basilica di Sant'Apollinare in Classe; taken with a Canon EOS 1v.
.
The mosaics on the upper part of the triumphal arch (or choir arch) date from the 9th century. Against a dark background are the symbols of the Four Evangelists in flight, with a bust of Christ in the center. The winged ox, symbol of St. Luke, is quite unusual: rather like a Picasso painting, its head is very distorted, with the nostrils shown frontally but the rest in profile.
The area below these figures shows the holy cities of Bethlehem and Jerusalem, from which twelve lambs emerge and ascend a hill toward Christ. These represent the Twelve Apostles.
Below, squeezed in along the sides of the apse, are palm trees. These mosaics date from the 7th century, as do the figures of the Archangels Michael and Gabriel carrying banners. At the bottom on each side, busts of the Evangelists Matthew and (probably) Luke date from the 12th century.
sacred-destinations.com/italy/ravenna-st-apollinare-in-classe
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Christ (44 x 44 cm.)
The head of Christ at the center of the glorious cross in the apse of S. Apollinare in Classe is an icon of the highest importance in spite of the limited proportions of the artistic form quantitatively and perhaps also qualitatively. In fact a Christian apse should be dominated by the figure of Christ; but in Classe the icon of the martyr saint and proto-bishop Apollinare, more or less central, and the great cross (also more or less central) occupy the privileged space. So the Savior's face (with three inscriptions appended - Alpha and Omega, Salus mundi and IXOYC) gives a definitive meaning to the cross. Furthermore, where the glorious cross is the celebration of the Easter Resurrection, all that remains for the bearded face of Christus-homo is to express the message of the passion and death on Golgotha. Thus this bearded face of Christ should be considered in the symbolism of the center of the world, the cosmic universe; and center of the world of history in the mystery of salvation.
initaly.com/regions/byzant/byzant4.htm#santclas