Oranta-Kyiv.jpg
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Summary
Orans of Kiev
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| Title |
Orans of Kiev
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| Object type |
mosaic
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| Description |
English:
Its height is 6 m. Circa 2 mln of tesserae were used in a mosaic set. It is one biggest monumental examples of Old Rus art. “Orans” in Greek means “praying”. This image is one of the main iconographic types of the portrayal of the Virgin Mary that presents her image with her hands raised in prayer. The Virgin Orans is called “the Unbreakable Wall”. From ancient times it is believed that as long as the image of the Virgin Orans is in St. Sophia so long the city of Kyiv and all Rus stand.
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| Date |
11
th
century
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| Collection |
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| References |
Google Arts & Culture asset ID
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ZwHmjIymnSeDvQ
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| Source/Photographer | Google Arts & Culture: Home - pic | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Licensing
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public domain
work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason:
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