Kristi forklaring
Kristi forklaring eller forklarelsen på bjerget er den hændelse, der omtales i evangelierne (Matt 17,1-8, Mark 9,2-8, Luk 9,28-36) og i Andet Petersbrev (2 Pet 1,16-18), hvor Jesu skikkelse forvandledes ("forklaredes") på et bjerg og blev lysende. Han taler med Moses og Elias, og Gud kalder ham for søn. Forklaringen fremstiller Jesus som over Moses og Elias, de to dominerende profeter i jødedommen. Den støtter også hans identitet som Guds søn. For at bevare hemmeligheden om, at han er Messias, forbød Jesus sine vidner (apostlen Peter, apostlen Jacob og Johannes) at fortælle nogen, hvad de havde set, før han var genopstanden på den tredje dag efter sin død på korset.
Den katolske kirke fejrer Kristi Forklarings dag den 6. august; i Svenska kyrkan er den siden 1500-tallet henlagt til Syvende søndag efter trefoldighed.
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Forfatter/Opretter: Original tiny raster by Bastique, vectorization work by Booyabazooka, Licens: CC BY-SA 3.0
Praying hands against quasi-stained-glass background.
Before enrolling in the École des Beaux-Arts, Scheffer studied with the neoclassically trained artist Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, whose mastery of the art of the past and high technical finish he emulated. He exhibited his first works at the age of 17 in the 1812 Salon in the so-called "juste-milieu" (in English, literally, middle path) tradition. Scheffer was attracted to romantic themes gleaned from contemporary authors such as Sir Walter Scott and Goethe. His meteoric rise in the art world drew instant critical acclaim and the acquaintance of such artists as Théodore Géricault, Eugène Delacroix, and Paul Delaroche.
This work was not seen until after Scheffer's death. He stopped exhibiting at the Salon altogether in 1846 and became increasingly preoccupied with religious imagery with a seriousness that reflects a pointed departure from his earlier, more anecdotal work. In this iconic image, he focuses on the solitary figure of Christ, who is weeping for the coming destruction of Jerusalem, as described by the Evangelist Luke in the New Testament (19:41): "As he came near and saw the city, he wept over it."
Transfiguration of Jesus