Magnificat: May Cover Essay. Andrea Mantegna (1431-1506) was one of the great initiators of the Renaissance in northern Italy. He was not yet thirty when, in 1460, he was called by Ludovic Gonzaga, …More
Magnificat: May Cover Essay.
Andrea Mantegna (1431-1506) was one of the great initiators of the Renaissance in northern Italy. He was not yet thirty when, in 1460, he was called by Ludovic Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua, to become his official painter. This Ascension of Christ dates from that period. Christ is carried up to heaven by a cloud of cherubim. He holds in his hand the victory banner of the cross. In that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples; the nations will rally to him, and his resting place will be glorious (cf. Is 11:10). All is fulfilled (Jn 19:30) when Christ, true God and true man who died and rose again, returns to the bosom of his Father. But all will not be revealed until he returns again in glory at the end of time. Beloved, we are God’s children right now, but what we shall be in the future has not yet been revealed. We are well aware that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he really is (1 Jn 3:2). Jesus’ final …More
Andrea Mantegna (1431-1506) was one of the great initiators of the Renaissance in northern Italy. He was not yet thirty when, in 1460, he was called by Ludovic Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua, to become his official painter. This Ascension of Christ dates from that period. Christ is carried up to heaven by a cloud of cherubim. He holds in his hand the victory banner of the cross. In that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples; the nations will rally to him, and his resting place will be glorious (cf. Is 11:10). All is fulfilled (Jn 19:30) when Christ, true God and true man who died and rose again, returns to the bosom of his Father. But all will not be revealed until he returns again in glory at the end of time. Beloved, we are God’s children right now, but what we shall be in the future has not yet been revealed. We are well aware that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he really is (1 Jn 3:2). Jesus’ final …More
