icon “The Ladder of Divine Ascent”

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Byzantine icon Christian devotional image religious painting

The icon “The Ladder of Divine Ascent” is a famous Byzantine depiction of monks ascending a ladder toward Christ while demons attempt to pull them down, visually illustrating the spiritual teachings of St. John Climacus on the struggle for salvation.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Christ at the top of the ladder	1
Ladder of Divine Ascent icon	1
icon “The Ladder of Divine Ascent” canonical	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Byzantine icon ⓘ Christian devotional image ⓘ religious painting ⓘ
artHistoricalPeriod	Byzantine art ⓘ
associatedWith	St. John Climacus ⓘ Saint Catherine’s Monastery ⓘ surface form: the monastery of St. Catherine on Mount Sinai
basedOn	The Ladder of Divine Ascent ⓘ surface form: The Ladder of Divine Ascent (treatise)
category	Byzantine painting ⓘ Christian iconography ⓘ Monastic art ⓘ
depicts	Christ extending a hand of blessing or welcome ⓘ Jesus Christ at the top of the ladder ⓘ angels assisting the monks ⓘ demons attempting to pull monks from the ladder ⓘ monks ascending a ladder toward Christ ⓘ monks falling from the ladder into the mouths of demons ⓘ
function	monastic spiritual instruction ⓘ visual catechesis ⓘ
genre	didactic icon ⓘ
iconographicType	ladder icon ⓘ
illustrates	the ascent of the soul to God ⓘ the dangers of sin and temptation ⓘ the spiritual teachings of St. John Climacus ⓘ the struggle for salvation ⓘ
influenced	later Orthodox iconography of spiritual ascent ⓘ
languageContext	Greek Orthodox tradition ⓘ
relatedWork	The Ladder of Divine Ascent ⓘ surface form: The Ladder of Divine Ascent (book by St. John Climacus)
religiousTradition	Byzantine Christianity ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
represents	thirty steps of spiritual progress as in St. John Climacus’s treatise ⓘ
subjectOf	scholarly studies in Byzantine art history ⓘ theological commentary on asceticism ⓘ
symbolizes	the danger of falling into sin ⓘ the judgment of souls ⓘ the path of virtues ⓘ
theme	ascetic struggle ⓘ heaven and hell ⓘ monastic life ⓘ spiritual ascent ⓘ
usedIn	Eastern Orthodox monastic tradition ⓘ liturgical and devotional contexts ⓘ
veneratedIn	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church Oriental Orthodox traditions ⓘ
visualForm	panel icon ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

St. John Climacus → subjectOf → icon “The Ladder of Divine Ascent” ⓘ

The Ladder of Divine Ascent → iconography → icon “The Ladder of Divine Ascent” ⓘ

this entity surface form: Christ at the top of the ladder

Fourth Sunday of Great Lent (Byzantine Rite) → hasIconographicTheme → icon “The Ladder of Divine Ascent” ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ladder of Divine Ascent icon