1. The icon of the Virgin Mary was
widely used in the Byzantine
Oba
empire. It shows the importance
of the Christ figure while
retaining the virgins importance.
When the policy of iconoclasm
was enforced, the virgin was
When Obama first came
into office he was an
extremely controversial
figure. Obviously being
the first black president
there was going to be
some opposition. He is
like the icon of the Virgin
Mary in that he was
The virgin
mother and