Voutier told his superiors about the discovery and the French acquired the artwork, which came to be known as the Venus de Milo, for a relatively modest sum. Recognizing the statue as potentially significant, the Frenchman, with the farmer’s help, unearthed its lower half not far away. He has the hindquarters, legs, and horns of a goat, in the same manner as a faun or satyr. Upon investigating, Voutier learned the farmer had located the top half of a statue of a woman. In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Pan (/ p æ n / Ancient Greek:, romanized: Pán) is the god of the wild, shepherds and flocks, rustic music and impromptus, and companion of the nymphs. While digging near the ruins of an ancient theater, Voutier noticed that a local farmer, who’d been removing stones from a nearby wall for use as building materials, seemed to have found something inside the wall. An ensign in the French navy, Olivier Voutier, whose ship was anchored in the harbor at Melos, decided to kill time one day by going ashore and searching for antiquities. The artwork was discovered in 1820 on the Aegean island of Melos (also called Milos). The story is recorded by the 4th century Church historian, Eusebius of Cesarea.One of the most famous examples of ancient Greek sculpture, the Venus de Milo is immediately recognizable by its missing arms and popularly believed to represent Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love and beauty, who was known to the Romans as Venus. The Apostle preached the Gospel and baptized Abgar and all living in Edessa. He continued healing until the arrival of the disciple Thaddeus, Apostle of the 70. With thanksgiving Abgar received the sacred objects and started healing. The Savior sent the towel and a letter to Edessa back with Ananias. He wiped His face with the towel, and on it was His Divine Image. Then the Lord called for water and a towel. The Lord called Ananias and promised to send his disciple in order to heal Abgar from the leprosy and instruct him in salvation.
He attempted to produce an image of the Lord Jesus Christ from afar, but could not. Ananias was not able to go near Christ because of the great many people listening to his preaching. Abgar sent his court painter, Ananias, with this letter to Palestine telling him to paint an image of the Divine Teacher. I combined the more familiar (to me) Greek and Roman ruins of Turkey with new. Although not having seen the Lord, Abgar believed in him and wrote a letter requesting Christ to come and heal him. Doug Russell is a visual artist who lives and works in Laramie, Wyoming. Reports of the great miracles performed by the Lord extended throughout Syria (Matt. Icon made by Jesusĭuring the time of the earthly ministry of the Savior, Abgar, ruler in the Syrian city of Edessa, was afflicted with leprosy. Orthodox Tradition tells us, for example, of the existence of an icon of the Christ during his lifetime, the Icon-Not-Made-With-Hands, and of the icons of the Theotokos immediately after him written by the All-laudable Apostle and Evangelist Luke. The use of iconography is considered one of the most distinctive elements of the Byzantine Rite.įrom the first centuries of Christianity, icons have been used for prayer. The Sunday of Orthodoxy, the first Sunday of the Great Fast (Lent) every year celebrates the reestablishment of the Orthodox veneration of icons. Just about everything served at the festival is homemade by local Greeks. Images have always been a vital part of the Church, but their place was the subject of the Iconoclast Controversy in the 8th and 9th centuries, especially in the East. San Jose Greek Festival offers Greek food, drinks, live music and Greek. A person who practices the art of iconography is called an iconographer. Icons are usually two-dimensional images and may be made of paint, mosaic, embroidery, weaving, carving, engraving, or other methods. Iconography (from Greek: εικονογραφία) refers to the making and liturgical use of icons, pictorial representations of Biblical scenes from the life of Jesus Christ, historical events in the life of the Church, and portraits of the saints.
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