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Entry of Christ into Jerusalem is a 1617 oil painting by Flemish artist Anthony van Dyck, located in the Indianapolis Museum of Art, which is in Indianapolis, Indiana. It depicts Jesus entering Jerusalem as described in the Gospels, the event celebrated on Palm Sunday. [1]
The triumphal entry into Jerusalem is a narrative in the four canonical Gospels describing the arrival of Jesus in Jerusalem a few days before his crucifixion. This event is celebrated each year by Christians on Palm Sunday. According to the gospels, Jesus arrived in Jerusalem to celebrate Passover, entering the city
Triumphal entry into Jerusalem on a mosaic from Palermo, ca. 1150 Palms carried on Palm Sunday, 2011, at Sanok, Poland Eberhard I, Duke of Württemberg (1492). The Duke chose a palm as his personal symbol in commemoration of his pilgrimage to Jerusalem in 1468 when he became a Knight of the Holy Sepulchre.
Significance: commemorates Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem; first day in Holy Week: Observances: Church attendance, blessing and distribution of palms, church processions, weaving palm crosses, hanging palm branches obtained from church liturgies behind Christian artwork or placing palm branches in Bibles and daily devotional books: Date
Neither group includes Easter/the Resurrection, which had a unique higher status. The group in art are: Annunciation, Nativity, Presentation, Baptism, Raising of Lazarus, Transfiguration, Entry into Jerusalem, Crucifixion of Jesus, Harrowing of Hell, Ascension, Pentecost, Dormition of the Theotokos (Death of the Virgin). [3]
The Triumphal entry into Jerusalem is part of the life of Jesus Christ. It was a common theme used by painters of early Christianity. Both Greek and Italian Byzantine artists pictorially represented the story. The theme was adopted by Proto-Renaissance painters. Both Giotto and Duccio presented the subject matter.
Just as those stone columns depict the military deeds of the Emperor in an upward spiralling frieze, so the Bernward column depicts the peaceful deeds of Christ, beginning with his baptism at the Jordan and ending with his triumphal entry into Jerusalem. The column was originally crowned with a triumphal cross. [10] [11] [12]
A triumphal entry is a ceremonial entry by a person, often into a city. Roman triumph , awarded to successful generals in Ancient Rome Triumphal entry into Jerusalem by Jesus Christ, commemorated on Palm Sunday