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ID: 901001150
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001150
Record Type: Allegory/Symbolism/Theme

Christ Pantocrator (Christian theme)

Note: Christ as half-length figure, as ruler of the world, usually seen in Eastern Christian tradition.

Names:
Christ Pantocrator (Christian theme) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
Pantokrator (Christian theme) (undetermined,U,N)
Χριστός Παντοκράτωρ (Christian theme) (Greek,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Christian iconography> (P)
........<Christian allegory, symbolism, theme> (P)
............<Themes surrounding Jesus Christ> (I)
................Christ Pantocrator (Christian theme) (I)
Related Iconography:
meaning/usage overlaps with .... Christ in Majesty
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Christian iconography, Christian allegory, symbolism, theme, Themes surrounding Jesus Christ, Christ in Majesty (Christian theme)) [901001149]

Other Relationships:
culture/religion is .... Eastern Catholic
.....(Christianity, Abrahamic religions, religions (belief systems, cultures), religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
role/characteristic is .... ruler (person)
.....(people in administration and government, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
culture/religion is .... Christianity
.....(Abrahamic religions, religions (belief systems, cultures), religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
role/characteristic is .... theme
.....(historical, theoretical, and critical concepts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Christ Pantocrator (Christian theme)
................Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)
Pantokrator (Christian theme)
................Grove Art Online (2008-)
Χριστός Παντοκράτωρ (Christian theme)
................Grove Art Online (2008-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)
................ Source for image https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cefalu_Christus_Pantokrator.jpg

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