How does the style and iconography of Virgin and Child with Saints and Angels from the Monastery of St. Catherine reflect the function of Byzantine icons?

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1. Byzantine icons were used as devotional aids by worshippers, and the Virgin and Child with Saints and Angels depicts the Virgin Mary as Theotokos, or bearer of God, who was viewed as a powerful intercessor who could appeal to her divine Son for mercy on behalf of devout worshippers.
2. The Virgin Mary is portrayed at the center of the composition and holds Jesus on her lap in a way that suggests she has become his imperial throne.
3. The warrior saints Theodore and George, who symbolize the triumph of the church over paganism, flank the mother and child.
4. The artist has painted the Virgin, Christ child, and angels in an illusionistic, Roman manner that renders them lifelike in appearance, but the warrior-saints are more stylized and static.