Christ (Thorvaldsen)

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The original statue in the Frauenkirche (Copenhagen) .

Christ (also: Blessing Christ ; Christ Consolator - "Christ the Comforter") is a classicist statue by Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770–1844). The statue made of Carrara marble represents the risen Jesus Christ . Since its completion in 1838 it has been in the Frauenkirche , the cathedral of the diocese of Copenhagen of the Danish People's Church , in Copenhagen , Denmark . During the 19th century it became popular and widely copied across Europe. In the 20th century it was by heads of the Latter-day Saints Church of Jesus Christ adapted (LDS Church), which saw it expressed the central role of Jesus in the teachings of the Church.

Emergence

Copenhagen Cathedral, along with large parts of the city, was destroyed in the 1807 bombing of Copenhagen . The neo-classical construction began in 1817 and was completed in 1829. Thorvaldsen was commissioned to make statues of Jesus and the apostles for the new cathedral. The statue of Jesus was finished in 1821. The habitus is reminiscent of depictions of the protective cloak Madonna . The gesture is that of Christ ascending to heaven, who blesses the remaining disciples with hands turned towards them ( Lk 24.50–52  EU ). This depiction became famous throughout Europe in the 19th century. In 1896 an American writer called it the "most perfect statue of Christ in the world". The statue is 3.2 m high. It stands in the niche of the main altar, while statues of the twelve apostles, which are slightly smaller, are lined up on the pillars of the central nave. The inscription Kommer til mig - "Come to me" ( Mt 11,28  LUT ) is attached to the base.

distribution

In the last third of the 19th century, the figure came into fashion in church circles. Many pastors had small replicas in their office at that time . The figure was also popular as a funerary memorial.

In the 1950s, an elder of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Stephen L. Richards , purchased a three-foot-tall replica and gifted it to President of the Church, David O. McKay . In 1966 the statue was placed in Temple Square in Salt Lake City , Utah . A second replica was made for the 1964 New York World's Fair and displayed in the church pavilion. This should help visitors understand that Mormons are Christians. Since then, in various visitor centers more replicas were made: in Hamilton ( New Zealand ); Layman ( Hawaii ); Los Angeles ( California ); Mesa ( Arizona ); Mexico City ( Mexico ); Nauvoo ( Illinois ); Oakland, California; Palmyra ( New York ); Portland ( Oregon ); St. George, Utah; Washington ( Washington, DC ) and Provo (Utah). Additional replicas can be found at the Hill Cumorah and Independence Missouri Visitor Centers . The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints uses the image of Christ on its home page and in other official publications.

More copies

Copies also appear in other contexts: at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore , Maryland ; In 2009 parishioners in a parish in Västerås built a replica from 30,000 white Lego bricks; further replicas can be found in the Friedenskirche in Potsdam , the Johanniskirche in Zittau and in the Sankt Petri -Kirche in Stavanger , Norway .

gallery

  • Draft statue by Thorvaldsen, from the Thorvaldsen Museum, Copenhagen.

  • Replica in Temple Square , Salt Lake City, Utah.

  • Replica at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland.

  • Bronze copy, Luisenfriedhof I in Berlin.

  • Replica, Luisenfriedhof III in Berlin.

  • Replica in the Friedenskirche (Potsdam) .

  • Replica in Sankt Petri Stavanger, Norway

  • Replica in St. Johannis, Zittau

reception

The motif was included in the Australian advertising poster for the recruitment of nurses for service in the First World War :

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Fountain at the Potsdam Friedenskirche 1846–47 ; Copy in Zittau 1887
  2. ^ "Considered the most perfect statue of Christ in the world." Fanny E. Coe: Larkin Dunton (Ed.): 126 Modern Europe . Silver Burdett, Boston 1896, OCLC 14865981 .
  3. ↑ Overall view
  4. ↑ Ruth Rehmann: The man in the pulpit. Questions to a father. Hanser, Munich, Vienna 1979. p. 23. ISBN 3 446 12818 2
  5. ↑ a b "was intended to help visitors understand that Latter-day Saints (or Mormons) are Christians". Florence S. Jacobsen: Christ Statue [1] pp. 273-274, In: Daniel H. Ludlow: Encyclopedia of Mormonism . New York, Macmillan Publishing 1992 ISBN 0-02-879602-0
  6. ^ Matthew O. Richardson [2] : The "Christ" Legacy . In: Deseret Book (LDS Living Magazine). February 29, 2008. Excerpt from: Richardson: The Christ Legacy . Sandy, Utah; Leatherwood Press 2007. ISBN 978-1599920405
  7. ↑ Lindsay Roylance archive link ( memento of the original dated December 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. : A Provacative Icon . In: Dome, vol. 54 No. 10 pp. 1, Dec 2003. Johns Hopkins Medicine @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.hopkinsmedicine.org
  8. ↑ [3] : Swedish parishioners unveil Jesus Lego statue. NBC News April 12, 2009 AP

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Coordinates: 55 ° 40 ′ 46 ″  N , 12 ° 34 ′ 23 ″  E