What Are Some Other Prototypes of Mary and Art?

Mary is that she's the throne. That's why she's represented as the throne of wisdom. So these early images of Mary represent her as a throne with Christ sitting on her and with his head over her heart. And you see that in the images of the Panagia, where she's in the Orthodox Church, for example, she has her arms out like this. Then in her center, she'll have the divine logo shining through her, appearing out of her. She becomes in a way, an image of the church itself, which is pointing to Jesus.

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