the divine sophia
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This presentation was made to accompany a lecture on the Divine Sophia in Russian philosophy and poetry.TRANSCRIPT
Encounters withthe Divine Sophia
Leo Tolstoy, 1881 Portrait
Vladimir Solovyov as a Young Man
Vladimir Solovyov, 1892 Portrait
Hagia Sophia, Istanbul (Constantinople)
Mosaic of Christ as Divine Wisdom with a Woman, an Angel, and an Emperor, Hagia Sophia
Icon of Sophia in Novgorod Cathedral
Icon of Sophia in the Cathedral of the Dormition, Moscow Kremlin
Christ PantokratorRussian: Vsederzhitel’
The Earthly Transfigured by the Divine
Alexander Blok
Andrei Bely
Liubov’ Mendeleevain the Role of Ophelia
Valery Briusov and Nina Petrovskaya
Cover of Briusov’s The Fiery Angel