Christ in Majesty, or Christ in Glory, in Latin Majestas Domini, is the Western Christian image of Christ seated on a throne as ruler of the world, always seen frontally in the centre of the composition, and often flanked by other sacred figures, whose membership changes over time and according to the context. The image develops from Early Christian art, which directly borrowed the formulae of depictions of the enthroned Roman Emperor. In the Byzantine world, the image developed slightly differently into the half-length Christ Pantocrator, "Christ, Ruler of All", a usually unaccompanied figure, and the Deesis, where a full-length enthroned Christ is entreated by Mary and St. John the Baptist, and often other figures. In the West, the evolving composition remains very consistent within each period until the Renaissance, and then remains important until the end of the Baroque, in which the image is ordinarily transported to the sky.  Related Paintings of majestas domini :. | Scene from antiquity | At the Capuchin Monastery in Rome | Detail of Self-portrait Holding an Academic Study | Fredriksborg_Slott:_Den_kongelige_falke_jagt | No Man s Land aka Dat Devil Sea |
Related Artists:
Neroccio
1446-1500 Italian
Carlo Labruzzi
painted Aleksandra and Izabela Potocki taking a stroll near to lake Albano in 1779-1780
diane
comtesse de guiche, known as la belle corisande with her daughter 1580 collection duc de grammont