The pyramid triangle and eye in painting of Pontormo

The pyramid triangle and eye 

in painting of Pontormo

The triangle surrounded by rays or halos that encompass everything is a symbol representing the eye Its purpose is to represent God as the eye watches over humanity and the universe The eye enclosed within a triangle is a clear symbol of the Trinity in Christianity Later the Eye of God's Will was depicted above the three faces in Pontormo's 1525 painting Supper at Emmaus 17th-century depictions of the eye sometimes show it surrounded by clouds or sunlight. The triangular Eye of God continues to be used in church architecture and Christian art as a symbol of the Trinity.

Sometimes depicted surrounded by clouds or sunlight the symbol of the Trinity in the New Kingdom of Egypt features in some private catacombs that are marked on the surface with small brick pyramids shaped like pyramids at the top The four sides bear inscriptions and images related to the worship of the sun god connecting the entire pyramid to the sacred Ben-Ben stone or the upper part of numerous obelisks that remain a mystery and are significant in ancient Egyptian architecture. In creation mythology the Ben-Ben in the Heliopolis style named after the mound was a sacred stone in the temple of Heliopolis sometimes surrounded by the image.

The triangle resembling the pair of eyes on the apex of the Black Pyramid of Pharaoh Amenemhat III of ancient Egypt a pair of eyes along with an image of bird wings is one of the meanings of sunlight on the black stone or pyramidal posing a slight enigma This includes the eyes that see everything on the base of Alexander the Great's column due to their steeper angle compared to the pyramid they were built on top of, similar to the depiction of eyes surrounded by triangles a clear symbol of the Trinity in Christianity And the eyes on a woodblock print literally translated as seeing everything floating in the sky like the eyes of the pyramid's triangle