The figures of the Virgin

Byzantine hagiography is a religious

art

• According to Fotis Kontoglou the first iconographic type introduced with integrated presence of the Virgin is the Our Lady of Heave

Byzantine figures of the Virgin

• The Christians honour the mother of God and humans more than any other holy figure

• They have drawn her in many poses holding her child

• Depending on the pose she has given a variety of different names

• Virgin praying is every picture of Virgin Mary holding little Christ

Virgin Mary sweet kissing

When she hugs him and their cheeks touch

Virgin Mary of passion

Virgin Mary prayingWhen she is standing with her hands open

Virgin of Mercy

Madonna or enthroned Virgin when she sits on the throne of passion, on her left and

right there are two angels holding the cross of martyrdom, the lance and the sponge with the vinegar

The Virgin who leads

When she holds Christ and their faces are apart while her right hand is in prayer position

Crying VirginPieta

Virgin Mary breast feedingWhen she breast feeds Jesus

EL GRECO

The holy family and Santa Anna

1590-95

127x174 εκ.

Toledo hospital Tavera

Domenicos was trained as an hagiographer.

In Crete the painters and hagiographers combined the Byzantine idiom with the west influence making portable pictures and creating the so called Cretan School

The Virgin Mary as it appears in the work of El Greco

Luke the evangelist is painting

Virgin holding baby Jesus.

1560-1567

Mpenaki museum Athens

41χ33cm

He reached Italy in 1567 where he became student of famous Italian artists and created some of his most characteristically art icons like the Modena Triptych which includes themes from Greek and Roman mythology

• A work of

• Sidiropoulou christin• Oga Adela• Koutsoula Christin