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Anastasis

Anastasis, it mean resurrection in Greek. It an apse fresco in the parekklesion of the church of Christ in Chora, now the Kariye museum.

Anastasis one of the art created during the Late Byzantine Art period. The art represented resurrection and redemption. The art depicting Christ in the center had a halo on the head and a mandola on the back wirh stars. On the left there are John the Baptist, King David, and King Solomon, and on the right side are the righteous of the Old Dispensation led by Saint Stephen. Below of Christ is Hell, with Satan and the locks and keys. The two people that rasies from their tombs and hold out their hands to Christ are Adam and Eve.

There is also another art of Anastasis which is made during Middle Byzantine, it a mosaic from the west vault of Saint Mark's in Venice, Italy. Compare both version of Anastasis, the early version does not had a mandola and Christ's hand is holding a cross rather than holding his hand out. The Late Byzantine version is much more realistic and look smooth, and Christ's face is facing tour the viewer as he is looking at the people. In the fresco Christ and the others, their body show more motion and the draperies they wear had show details also show that there actually is body under it, instead just some basic details. Also the fresco had use the Early Byzantine style whcih that the body is floating and with some golden background to represent heaven.

Reference & Footnote
Van Scott, Miriam (1998), The Encyclopedia of Hell, Thomas Dunne Books, ISBN 0-312-24442-8

S. Kleiner, Fred/ J. Mamiya, Christin (2006), Gardner's Art Through the Ages, Thomson Wadsworth, ISBN 0-495-20876-0