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James Hampton (April 8, 1909 – November 4, 1964) was an American outsider artist.Hampton worked as a janitor and secretly built a large assemblage of religious art from scavenged materials, known as the Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations' Millennium General Assembly.
God the Father on a throne, Westphalia, Germany, late 15th century. In the New Testament, the Throne of God (Ancient Greek: ὁ θρόνος τοῦ θεοῦ, romanized: ho thronos tou Theou) is talked about in several forms, [7] including Heaven as the Throne of God, the Throne of David, the Throne of Glory, the Throne of Grace and many more. [7]
The throne room at the Palace of Fontainebleau, France.. A throne room or throne hall is the room, often rather a hall, in the official residence of the crown, either a palace or a fortified castle, where the throne of a senior figure (usually a monarch) is set up with elaborate pomp—usually raised, often with steps, and under a canopy, both of which are part of the original notion of the ...
The Throne Room was a chamber built for ceremonial purposes during the 15th century BC inside the palatial complex of Knossos, Crete, in Greece. It is found at the heart of the Bronze Age palace of Knossos, one of the main centers of the Minoan civilization and is considered the oldest throne room in Europe .
Like the throne room of the Eastern Roman emperor, or Chrysotriklinos, Charlemagne's throne in the Palatine Chapel at Aachen was located in a domed octagonal space. In the words of Allan George Doig, the throne at Aachen was located in "an intermediary place between earth and heaven" on the gallery level, directly across from an image of Christ ...
St George's Hall, the principal throne room of the Tsars of Russia, watercolour by Konstantin Ukhtomsky (1862). St George's Hall (13), 1906: The throne draped and flanked by the Imperial Romanov regalia, the Imperial family (upper left of the image) and the First State Duma await the arrival of the Tsar.
The wooden throne was a gift from Emperor of the Romans Charles the Bald to Pope John VIII in 875. [1] It has been studied many times over the years, most recently between 1968 and 1974. [ 3 ] The study concluded that it was not a double, but a single chair, with a covering, and that the oldest parts are from the 6th century. [ 3 ]
The inscription describes the triumph of Orthodoxy over Iconoclasm and the decoration of the room. [17] [18] The text describes how above the imperial throne was an image of Christ enthroned, while an image over the entrance depicted the Virgin Mary, with images of the Emperor and the Patriarch nearby. [17]