The story of Resurrection is told with variation in details in all four
Gospels: Matthew 28:1-10; Mark 16:1-8; Luke 24:1-9; John 20:1-18.
Three days after Christ’s
Entombment,
at the end of Sabbath, the women (St. Mark names Mary of Magdala, Mary,
mother of James, and Salome) went to Holy Sepulchre to embalm Christ’s
body, wondering on their way how they would be able to roll away the heavy
stone in front of the tomb. They found the tomb already open and in front
stood a youth clad in white, who told them, that Christ was not in the
tomb but was risen. This episode is also called in fine arts Holy Women
at the Sepulchre.
See: Albrecht Altdorfer The
Resurrection of Christ.
Giovanni Bellini. The Resurrection.
Agnolo Bronzino. Resurrection.
Pieter Bruegel the Elder. The
Resurrection of Christ.
Maurice Denis. Holy Women Near
the Tomb/Saintes Femmes au tombeau.
Duccio di Buoninsegna. Maestà:
The
Three Women at the Tomb.
Fra Angelico. Noli me
tangere.
El Greco The Resurrection.
Matthias Grünewald The
Resurrection.
Jacob Jordaens. Holy Women at the
Sepulchre.
Hans Memling The
Resurrection, with the Martyrdom of St. Sebastian and the Ascension.
Piero della Francesca. The Resurrection.
Pontormo. The Resurrection
of Christ.
Rembrandt. The
Resurrection of Christ.
Peter Paul Rubens Christ
Risen.
Christ made several appearances after
his Resurrection in front of his followers and disciples and entrusted
them with the task of spreading his teaching throughout the world.
The following episodes of Resurrection can be found in painting:
Noli me tangere is an episode, in which Christ Resurrected appears
before Mary Magdalene. She was weeping alone over an empty tomb of Christ.
Then she discovered that instead of Christ’s body there were two angels,
who asked her why she was crying. She turned around and saw an unknown
man, whom she first took for a gardener. She asked him where she could
find Jesus’ body, then she recognized him, but he did not allow to touch
himself “Touch me not”- Noli me tangere- "for I have not yet ascended to
the father. But go to my brothers, and tell them that I am ascending to
my Father and your Father, to my God and your God." And Mary hurried
to the desciples and gave them his message. (John 20:17-18).
See: Agnolo Bronzino. Noli
me tangere. Agnolo Bronzino. Noli
me tangere.
Jan Brueghel the Younger. Noli
me tangere.
Correggio Noli
me tangere.
Duccio di Buoninsegna. Maestà:
Noli
me tangere.
Giotto. Ressurection
(Noli me tangere).
Hans Holbein Noli Me Tangere.
Alexander Ivanov The Appearance
of Christ to Mary Magdalene.
Nicolas Poussin Noli
me tangere.
Martin Schongauer. Christ
and Mary Magdalene. Noli
me tangere.
Titian Noli me tangere.
The Flemish painter, Jordaens, makes three Marys (The Virgin Mary,
mother of Christ, Mary Magdalene, and Mary, mother of James) the participants
of the above-described episode.
Jacob Jordaens. Christ
Comes as a Gardener to Three Marys.
Christ Appearance
Behind the Locked Doors: Later the same day after Mary Magdalene had
seen Christ Resurrected (see the episode Noli me tangere) and transmitted
His message to the desciples, the disciples were together behind the locked
doors for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them ‘Peace be with
you!’ he said. Then he showed them his hands and his side and blessed them:
"Receive the Holy Spirit! If you forgive anyone's sins, they are forgiven;
if you pronounce them unforgiven, unforgiven they remain." (John 20: 19-23)
See: Duccio di Buoninsegna. Maestà:
Christ’s
Appearance Behind Locked Doors.
Doubting Thomas
Christ Appearance on the Lake Tiberias.
Emmaus