Christ between two angels

a. How does this show the Early Byzantine aesthetic?

b. Why is that important?

c. Where is this image?


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a. It is a complex unified presentation of the dogma; it presents the redemption theme and the reenactment of the Eucharist. The youthful Christ figure sits on the world as judge.

b. This presentation ratifies the rule of Justinian; it grants visually the divine right to rule.

c. The placement of this image is crucial for the ratification of the idea of Justinian's divine right to rule hence its location in the apse of the church.

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