Definition of Deesis. Meaning of Deesis. Synonyms of Deesis

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Definition of Deesis

Deesis
Deesis De*e"sis (d[-e]*[=e]"s[i^]s), n. [NL., fr. Gr. de`hsis supplication.] (Rhet.) An invocation of, or address to, the Supreme Being.

Meaning of Deesis from wikipedia

- also feature the Deesis. After the development of the full iconostasis screen there was room for a larger "Deesis row" or "Great Deesis" of full-length...
- Pantocrator has no visible throne, but the earlier Deesis does, and at least a single-step dais. The Deesis continues to appear in Western art, but not as...
- in the Sinai (archived 20 February 2006) The icon Christ Pantocrator at Chilandar Monastery on Holy Mount Athos The Deesis Pantocrator in Hagia Sophia...
- in the central Deësis panels. These panels are flanked by two pairs of images on the folding wings. The two panels closest to the Deësis show singers in...
- An example of Byzantine pictorial art, the Deësis mosaic at the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople...
- Gregory the Theologian, 1408 (Dormition Cathedral, Vladimir) Theotokos from Deësis, 1408 (Dormition Cathedral, Vladimir) Some think this may be the work of...
- however, some of the city's monuments were restored, and some, like the two Deesis mosaics in Hagia Sophia and Kariye, were created. Various economic and military...
- 12th-century templon beam shows twelve canonical feast scenes, with the Deesis (Christ enthroned, flanked by Mary and St. John the Baptist) located in...
- Deesis, 17th-century icon. Left to right: Archangel Michael, Theotokos, John the Baptist, Archangel Gabriel (Historical Museum in Sanok, Poland)....
- re-furnished for the performance of Orthodox rites, and a colossal mosaic of the Deesis, 5.2 meters in length and 6 meters wide, was installed in its south gallery...