2023年4月6日 · To celebrate the Christian festival of Easter, here is the story of Holy Week and Easter explained in paintings. Stained glass window in Chester Cathedral cloister, Chester, UK. Our “Easter Explained in Paintings” manual starts with Palm Sunday. The sixth Sunday in Lent marks the beginning of the Holy Week.

2020年4月11日 · After the mystery of Holy Thursday and the sorrow of Good Friday comes the silence of Holy Saturday. On this day the Church watches and waits. The stone has been rolled over the tomb and the guards stand sentinel against the possibility that disciples will come and steal the body of Jesus.

2024年3月13日 · On this page are links to a selection of illustrations that artist James Tissot painted of the events of Holy Week with his commentaries, and relevant verses taken from the New Testament, which he published in his lavishly produced Life of Our Saviour Jesus Christ in 1897 (originally in French in 1894 as La Vie de Notre Seigneur Jesus Christ.)

2020年4月11日 · The Entombment painting above is from a fifteenth-century Gospel-book copied and illuminated at the Monastery of St. George in Armenia by the priest Awetik. At the center, Christ’s body lies with his head tilted toward the viewer but wrapped, like the rest of …

2024年3月30日 · Reflection on the painting In the heart of Flanders, as in many parts of the world observing the solemnity of Holy Week, Holy Saturday is known as 'Stille Zaterdag'-Silent Saturday. This nomenclature, rich in its simplicity, profoundly conveys …

2023年4月4日 · This image speaks of Christ’s descent in Hades and so is appropriate for Holy Saturday. A Western rendering of the same, by the 15th century Italian artist Fra Angelico. There is a fascinating account of the development of this image in Aidan Hart’s excellent book Festal Icons , which I recommend everyone to read if they can.

2020年4月5日 · Sit in silence after the unspeakable horror of crucifixion? Eugene Burnand has chosen Holy Saturday as the subject of a painting. Here the disciples are gathered around a single table. They sit or stand, eyes staring vacantly or looking expectantly at one another. One disciples has his head in his hands. Eugene Burnand. Holy Saturday. 1907-1908.

2021年4月3日 · There is an enormous number of paintings, sculptures, music, and literary texts composed over the centuries to aid Christians in meditating on the dead Christ and vicariously lamenting with those present, especially the Virgin Mary. After Mary and the others laid Jesus to rest on Friday, their mourning continued, I’m sure, into Saturday.

On Holy Saturday we have the third instalment of our four-part art and culture series 'The Art of Holy Week' - Michelangelo's famous and profoundly beautiful Pietà.

To celebrate Easter discover the story of the Passion, told through paintings in the National Gallery Collection. Follow the links below to view the paintings online or take a virtual stroll of the Sainsbury Wing to discover more about the collection of early paintings in the Gallery.