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Christ's Eyes In Icons

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The majority of Christ icons have him looking directly at us. But I noticed the eyes of Christ Pantocrator on the ceiling of a church were looking off to his left. I've also seen icons where He seems to be looking to his right, as in this one:



What's the significance of which way Christ is portrayed as looking?
 

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ye I understand that still I have no idea what is exactly offensive in what I posted I wasn't debating anybody , is it because I called Icon - Art?
 
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ye I understand that still I have no idea what is exactly offensive in what I posted I wasn't debating anybody , is it because I called Icon - Art?
You can start a thread here to ask that question, so that this thread doesn't get further derailed. And will you please edit your first post?
 
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I heard once that it's to show Christ in mystical contemplation.

but I will definitely defer to someone more knowledgeable.
 
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crickets....

I heard once that it's to show Christ in mystical contemplation.

but I will definitely defer to someone more knowledgeable.
 
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