Châtenois, church - stained glass window
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This semicircular stained-glass window artistically depicts the Resurrection of Christ. 1946-1950 Stained-glass windows restored by Benoit Frères, Nancy.
This semicircular stained-glass window artistically depicts the Resurrection of Christ. Although this mysterious act is invisible, meaning there are no witnesses, the scene of the empty tomb is imagined by tradition and art. Christ emerges from the tomb in glory, before sleeping or terrified soldiers. Warning! This is not a scene recounted in the Gospels. It is an artistic interpretation, a way of showing what is believed but has not been seen. Christ, in the center, is presented in glory, his right hand raised in a gesture of blessing and his left holding the cross of the Resurrection. His body radiates. He is dressed in a golden cloak and surrounded by a cruciform halo (a luminous circle with a cross). His stigmata can be seen on his feet, hands, and side. Beneath his feet, the tombstone has been pushed aside by an angel (left), and the Roman guards watching over the tomb are either terrified (one collapses, the other flees) or asleep. On the ground lie a shield decorated with an eagle, the symbol of the Empire, and a weapon. The dark colors representing the Roman world contrast sharply with the luminous serenity of the Risen One. In the background, the stone architectural elements and the sky, in shades of purple, evoke the ancient world shaken by this event. All around, floral motifs, urns, and cherubs frame the scene in a neo-Gothic decorative style, particularly fashionable at the end of the 19th century and still very present at the time of the restoration.This semicircular stained-glass window artistically depicts the Resurrection of Christ. Although this mysterious act is invisible, meaning there are no witnesses, the scene of the empty tomb is imagined by tradition and art. Christ emerges from the tomb in glory, before sleeping or terrified soldiers. Warning! This is not a scene recounted in the Gospels. It is an artistic interpretation, a way of showing what is believed but has not been seen. Christ, in the center, is presented in glory, his right hand raised in a gesture of blessing and his left holding the cross of the Resurrection. His body radiates. He is dressed in a golden cloak and surrounded by a cruciform halo (a luminous circle with a cross). His stigmata can be seen on his feet, hands, and side. Beneath his feet, the tombstone has been pushed aside by an angel (left), and the Roman guards watching over the tomb are either terrified (one collapses, the other flees) or asleep. On the ground lie a shield decorated with an eagle, the symbol of the Empire, and a weapon. The dark colors representing the Roman world contrast sharply with the luminous serenity of the Risen One. In the background, the stone architectural elements and the sky, in shades of purple, evoke the ancient world shaken by this event. All around, floral motifs, urns, and cherubs frame the scene in a neo-Gothic decorative style, particularly fashionable at the end of the 19th century and still very present at the time of the restoration.
This semicircular stained-glass window artistically depicts the Resurrection of Christ. Although this mysterious act is invisible, meaning there are no witnesses, the scene of the empty tomb is imagined by tradition and art. Christ emerges from the tomb in glory, before sleeping or terrified soldiers. Warning! This is not a scene recounted in the Gospels. It is an artistic interpretation, a way of showing what is believed but has not been seen. Christ, in the center, is presented in glory, his right hand raised in a gesture of blessing and his left holding the cross of the Resurrection. His body radiates. He is dressed in a golden cloak and surrounded by a cruciform halo (a luminous circle with a cross). His stigmata can be seen on his feet, hands, and side. Beneath his feet, the tombstone has been pushed aside by an angel (left), and the Roman guards watching over the tomb are either terrified (one collapses, the other flees) or asleep. On the ground lie a shield decorated with an eagle, the symbol of the Empire, and a weapon. The dark colors representing the Roman world contrast sharply with the luminous serenity of the Risen One. In the background, the stone architectural elements and the sky, in shades of purple, evoke the ancient world shaken by this event. All around, floral motifs, urns, and cherubs frame the scene in a neo-Gothic decorative style, particularly fashionable at the end of the 19th century and still very present at the time of the restoration.
