John Anthony McGuckin

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Eleousa (Umilenie)

VERA SHEVZOV

Translated as “tenderness,” “compassion,” “mercy,” and “loving-kindness,” Eleousa (Slavonic: Umilenie) is the name of a well- known iconographic type of the Mother of God, characterized by an affectionate cheek-to-cheek embrace of Mary and the Christ child.

Plate 19 Icon of the Virgin Mary, Mother of God of Tenderness (Eleousa). Photo by John McGuckin.

Generally considered to have originated in Byzantium after the icono­clastic period, the image combines the themes of maternal love and the Passion of Christ. Prophetically anticipating the fate that awaits her Son, the Mother of God’s loving expression carries a hint of deep sadness. One of the best-known images of this type is that of the 12th-century Vladimir icon of the Mother of God, housed in the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow.

SEE ALSO: Hodegitria; Icons; Panagia; Platytera; Protecting Veil; Theotokos, the Blessed Virgin

REFERENCES AND SUGGESTED READINGS

Bergman, R. P. (1990) “The Earliest Eleousa: A Coptic Ivory in the Walters Art Gallery,” Journal of the Walters Art Gallery 48: 37–56. Ouspensky, L. and Lossky, V. (1982) The Meaning of Icons, trans. G. E. H. Palmer and E. Kadloubovsky. Crestwood, NY: St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press.

Vassilaki, M. (ed.) (2000) Mother of God:

Representation of the Virgin in Byzantine Art. Milan: Skira Editore.


Источник: The Encyclopedia of Eastern Orthodox Christianity / John Anthony McGuckin - Maldin : John Wiley; Sons Limited, 2012. - 862 p.

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