The Paleologan Iconography of the Chora Church and its Relation to Greek Antiquity! ANNE KARAHAN Historical Account The sonographic progam ofthe Chora church in anol was nected doing he Fist quart ff the foureeath century inthe Lae Byeenine Paleologan eta af pits! dsline and cultural Tnche yaraf1282, when emptor Androncos 1 Pueoogos acceded tthe tone, he broke wih te Chute of Rome and primed the inangurion of Orthodoxy Bue Andronicos hove to make the pulthiston author and sete nen Theodoros Metchites ht ees man i dicncsatchesame time the emperors preference for Angie. Metochies mi ded an Ortho dou ut sha id noe prevent bm from eps inghivolimateadmicion for theancien Geek falareInbismin work Micelles pi 11 hasorig be serene the inposane ofthe Byraminesbeingthedescendant of he ellen seh whom they shred the Greck Langage, Meochites was sequesed by Androicos to ssuometheresoration andexensonof the Chose ‘husch. About 1315 Metochites was made sivop (unde of he euch In adition, Somewhat ter bis sphere of pita influence us enlarged by him Being appoinad wees Aoyaerns Cprine mininer Poine of Departure lo the light of the above mentioned I want co dans dhe Byzantine ianogephic progam of "ve: sed he Xeon ange re ‘heChorachurchanditsrelaon foremost she ‘world of ideas of Mao, baba Caeek myth ‘sometimes here ye witha mare periph tna and fr echedcorespondence The cone trophic and conologeal mals ime ch fae posible nuanced sytlsm and. iden tenor inthe disci, holo narates My Aliscusion i concerned wih eo what ete the Ontodox Byamtine euler sd the non-Chiis ‘ianancien Grekaltresbtthe secular systems of signs and symbolsculurl seman, | ‘AsTheodoros Mochizer wis profoundy are of, Helens and Byantnes a the Gree a uae in common in fc de Ger langage tas the common matic of bot thee ealtre and made them insepaible, in spite of difler ences in elo bel, ‘A Greek Myth and its Relation to Byzantine [conographyand Iconology “The lad ws that Cronus had dcr sans — Hades, Poseidon and Zs, Eh was the ine opens. But afer drawing lots the brothers Avid thereof he uninerinto tice pts Hades was awarded the Kingdom af the Bea Poseidon the Sen and Zeus bo py the sith surrounds Esth and ove fi, the lean and ‘lear aether ap, hie abode, A matey heals eld ule over stn and worn (The iad, XIV 258-336, XV. 1P1C282) Komik Tiebrif LX, ied, 1997In Bpraniam he these Ohman bother ate submited v0 4 Chistian metamorphosis The Trinity comesponde to Zee and Toeidon pet :Zeusinivcapaciy as maerof stived anf hea s encased os Chr, the divine Mar, ‘er of Earth Accordingly he Father and the Son 2re one John 44) The Father chose Se. Anne ot wells the Vitgin Mary forthe coming Naver of Chis unt at Zou reigned ver ep and ‘rd the Fathead se Som sgn aes Hee {nd Ent, Afer Chit’ death om the Ceo te ether. the Son and he Holy Ghost tuned ‘aid, Heaven, Bus she enya Chit st Heaven would nor hive been pose without ‘he Baptism executed within Patidons water oman. Inoher words thang he Bapism te Holy Ghos is related Poseidon, by analogy the Onhodox baptism an sinmencl int the satero ceive the Divine Gace, Consequently "hough the haps adBap becomes the home fal aithfl Cvs, Certainly, Haesin the shape of Stan 0 prevent irre he ‘esueection) Chis gi to humany But Se isunited wt the Father nh Holy hon and thereby atbiter afd, ip, Hades and the water Acually, because Chris toned forthe all oF an though i bap ad dsth rsa ‘compres Abel, Adam and Ev although they ‘were notbapeaed. Ther te secon Ete nd Christ the second Adam sh undatono the New Kingdon f God by Ci bps bu tencen A low Zarth ad « New Henen called the New Jeuslem ate cree Christ the source withthe water of ie. ex 21:1, 6) The Grek ex eee ny) (ovum Tenmentom Grav, ol. Nei. 1914), which denocs ist begining usc angle fume. Those who drink fem the sures of God are given ceroa ie, eho 414) The Gree tex here reads 80p, which denotes ll kindof water By analogy the Aenean St Anne (Fig. 2) in the Chore shusch Spies 4 Anne drinks rom the source af Gt ad sve birth othe Vig Mary whoheself thesetherebihof Go sunivere ache Annunci mo te Virgin at the Wa (Fg. 3) he wet ‘bolsen extended. The igi sche well for living Goa wel the waters af i forthe Ielievers Thecombinedsyblim of he Virgin had tinny ian exsodee metmoephors of Vercaion berwcon Poseidon ed Zeus Hades share inthe abraine power oer Earth ion beewcen good and er. But Satan Hades specs made tia by Ze exude and el ‘ons Being compared vo Satan the len Inge. Moreover, the Byantines ste the econ Tiadesmetonymialy forthe Kingdom of the Pend. While the Greek myth lester the Ili between good and ei by one mex the Byamtine comopaphy convey the dace rege bya muti of kono ces Tn Greck mythology Zeus watch supreme eof thie be was submited Mpa Tenis i Christ. ta fact Se Anne riuncited and the Visgin Mary they Be ram the orginal sin. Consequently, the Virgin Marsch onlyhuman being guid forgiving With eo he Saviour of hurniy. Immaculate snepitherehy imply heralds he predeter rl death of Cheat, Another analogy can be Lrawnberween Zou being ther of he godsand Tichuman ace and she Godhead being ater of the Uving Goi and the aman races But the Dthodox conception amplified by the impor tance ofthe Holy hos andthe Baptism Plato's Ideas and Their Relation to Byzantine Are Byzansine at revels ove all what Plt com rected withthe ermal lof the univer and tscteatr (Tima 1) Pao at well the Pre Scrat Pamenides and Herc eg he Senses experience of ime ad space to Be both Toni nd corupnible Tre eaiy was Beyond Time and space and perceived bythe sou lo “fed thar Go atv wa pace thinking pate Knowle, emery, Tre rity could ‘aly be cached through thinking and koowlege Sf the wld of ie. In Plate echered 26d he Palen inp of te Che an 98 cote abstraction ofthe ides I perceive an Salogy with the Bycaniey nyserioun, ‘fry cation co and union with the Mea of CG hr them. The golden backround ofthe Holy Virgins Geert (Big, 4) ad Koons (i. 8) 390 trey apeat a love utters vel in ome oF nbc he eigioe tnt are enacted. Chari Tervand propre he Plone senting Symbols Bac av dance. without » optic source of provenance sppeats nt only an ethe teal shining white gle, but lo she teal, “The idea of God pours nt ofthe icon and he Sehioler experiences both an esoteric non sith he den of Goad he pure knowledge in Tele In corsenpondence with Pats wold of ideas she dea parcatreleslogiallyin the thing/the ico, shar onscqunnly i nt 2 rue ops but asymbol oir of whic he tue Koo age ows. God penaniiremvaryn the dea if erwe Knowiedg, by analogy wth Pits ab Seac work of Hens Ana sepreen Chit Pantset sanding highly symbolic iat tite stafilled maederla, The immateria “css ight ofthe mando nee bl sky inerminge by meansof maurice of color Smblim — wie, ight Blue anda dae le lor epostiely. The mandors semiotics ex hin has God bath human and divine, the toucial wold and he world fides ae ied Both she calor symbo cr ante cent ang: Larcomposiion bole the Tiny gale to how Paco fa hi abstact ens depics the tro of iene hae aim Free eltimate ie of Go The lation Bermen ip and ap inthe Gack mychconespnded vo Po opinion of Tower and an upper eth Socrates depicted hom Inuaind ved na cavity on Earth, while being Somvinced of ving oni our Fran ould few the face of Ears and emerge oof he at theinsighe mould e ned that he rel Beaver the ta ighr and there er were ne bet teow than anything om har a hough 2 be anh = + prcumilgcalsandpine. The real tard glee in sols rote fit an pote tha those aud by puma. Gol, purple ad colorwhic than chil oc sow te mentioned specif ily (Phd 107-110) The Byranines experience the rel am ‘hrough the cons divine media igh God's igh is ramateril aaron By analogy with Maconic ab is on ia ad ru keds te ess he prow ‘ppc God. The wash corresponds noc ony rerpare lao dextbed healers the hee colors of which area ella Principal sprtal and vligious importance in Byzuntiu, oremont eneraedis- we know the gold, meuaph ead nes the vite color representing che divine immaculate Tightseeecton andshen pple, symbalceolr forthe divine at wel athe ets imperial relat higher ubsance (ai) crt ponds the Byzantines ation of ‘Lag and he perception ofthe racion ewwccn ip — suid is found asa metaphor in Rimes Sr phim, ar he pak of he grail madorla, sy tlic theres igh aie ie wings ito Pas aie perspective «fom above he wcws the rll tart acelin be Jrusalen church, The symbolic ue of gol! in Chris nd Therbr halos the golden foutool and te he's golden fee emphases hat Gods King the fearon Theor tached. Inthe ight of ‘retopate,whiesalon Chit Pero nee, in venation hidden by a golden pie loch, conjoined with geomet re config ‘ation nd sanguleconguatins the wane Fut re ert Savion and he power ofthe ral beaon ae esuncated, The purple colored Sedopeealwishercegoldensymble thera, teacher tha evoke now Pe ‘of Hesver, According to Byamine wai al, white and purple se wed forthe ions pane i | anu mater permeates the wl i the iHeuristic Values and Verification Problems