Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 · Hover to magnify, click for fullscreen
Original fileResurrection of Christ
Resurrection of Christ title QS:P1476,en:"Resurrection of Christ "label QS:Len,"Resurrection of Christ "label QS:Les,"La resurrección de Cristo"label QS:Lfr,"La Résurrection du Christ"label QS:Lsl,"Jezusovo vstajenje"label QS:Lel,"Η Ανάσταση του Ιησού Χριστού"label QS:Lar,"قيامة المسيح"label QS:Lde,"Auferstehung Christi"label QS:Lpt,"Ressurreição de Cristo"label QS:Lmk,"Воскресението на Исус Христос"label QS:Lml,"യേശുവിന്റെ ഉയർത്തെഴുന്നേൽപ്പ്"label QS:Lzh,"基督复活 (拉斐尔)"label QS:Lhu,"Jézus feltámadása"label QS:Ltr,"İsa'nın Dirilişi"label QS:Lja,"キリストの復活"label QS:Lth,"การคืนพระชนม์ของพระคริสต์"label QS:Lnl,"Resurrection of Christ"label QS:Larz,"قيامه المسيح (لوحه)"label QS:Lpl,"Zmartwychwstanie Chrystusa"label QS:Luk,"Воскресіння Христа"label QS:Laz,"Məsihin dirilməsi"label QS:Loc,"Resurreccion del Crist"label QS:Lit,"Resurrezione di Cristo"label QS:Lko,"그리스도의 부활"label QS:Lru,"Воскресение Иисуса Христа"label QS:Leo,"La Reviviĝo de Jesuo Kristo"label QS:Lcs,"Zmrtvýchvstání Ježíše Krista"
About This Work
Christ is shown in mid-air holding a banner with a red cross, his hand raised in a blessing gesture. Below him, four soldiers in brightly colored Renaissance garments react with shock and confusion around a decorative stone tomb. The scene is set in a wide landscape where three women are seen walking toward the site in the distance.
The composition reflects the Early Renaissance interest in Neoplatonic themes of the soul's ascent and the liberation of the spirit from the material 'tomb' of the body. This visual language of divine order and vertical movement corresponds to the philosophical atmosphere of Florence and the pursuit of harmonizing Christian dogma with Platonic thought.