Eleusa (kwa Kigiriki: Ἐλεούσα – hisani) ni mtindo wa picha takatifu unaomuonyesha Bikira Maria akimpakata mtoto Yesu, nyuso zao zikigusana.[1][2]

Mozaiki ya karne ya 13 aina ya Eleusa, Athens, Ugiriki.

Kati ya picha takatifu za aina hiyo, maarufu zaidi ni ile ya Bikira Maria wa Vladimir kutoka Urusi.

Aina hiyo ya michoro inapatikana hata katika Ukristo wa Magharibi[3][4]

Tanbihi hariri

  1. The icon handbook: a guide to understanding icons and the liturgy by David Coomler 1995 ISBN|0-87243-210-6 page 203.
  2. The Meaning of Icons, by Vladimir Lossky with Léonid Ouspensky, SVS Press, 1999. ISBN|0-913836-99-0 page 85
  3. The era of Michelangelo: masterpieces from the Albertina by Achim Gnann 2004 ISBN|88-370-2755-9 page 54
  4. Art and faith in Mexico: the nineteenth-century retablo tradition by Charles Muir Lovell ISBN|0-8263-2324-3 pages 93–94

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