예수의 승천은 예수가 부활한 뒤 열한 제자가 있던 가운데에서
천국으로 올라간 뒤 하늘나라에서 아버지의 오른편에 앉은 것을 가리킨다.
기독교 사회에서는 승천으로 줄여 부르기도 한다.
Ascension of Christ
Benvenuto Tisi
between 1510 and 1520
oil on panel
Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome, Italy
The Feast of the Ascension,
also known as Ascension Thursday, Holy Thursday,
or Ascension Day, commemorates the bodily Ascension of Jesus into heaven.
It is one of the ecumenical feasts (i.e., universally celebrated) of Christian churches,
ranking with the feasts of the Passion, of Easter, and Pentecost.
In the Roman Catholic church it is also known as the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord.
Ascension Day is traditionally celebrated on a Thursday,
the fortieth day of Easter (following the count given in Acts 1:3),
although some Roman Catholic provinces have moved the observance
to the following Sunday.
The Ascension
TINTORETTO
1579-81
Oil on canvas, 538 x 325 cm
Scuola Grande di San Rocco, Venice
The Ascension Mid 17 th c.
Stained glass windows
in the Mausoleum of the Roman Catholic Cathedral
of Our Lady of the Angels,
Saint Vibiana Cathedral, Los Angeles
The Ascension
A page from the Gospel Lectionary portion
of the Bamberg Apocalypse
(Bamberg, Staatsbibliothek, MS A. II. 42),
The Ascension of Our Lord
14th century
BJU Museum and Gallery
Rublev vosnesenie
Andrei Rublev
Ascension,
1408 (Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow)
Ascension (Kirillo-Belozersk).
Monasterio de San Cirilo-Belozersky,
1497
Ascension of Christ (Christ in the mandorla is carried to heaven by four angels);
Anglo-Saxon, 8th century; ivory;
Bayerisches Nationalmuseum München;
acquired in 1870 at Welschellen, Pustertal; Inv.
No. MA 158
Ascension of Christ
(above; the standing figure is the Virgin Mary),
probably the front of a box. Ivory;
Anglo-Saxon or Alpine,
c. 750-800 AD
Bayerisches Nationalmuseum München, Inv.
MA 164,
1866 aus den Kgl. Bayer. Sammlungen überwiesen
Himmelfahrt_Christi.jpg.
Mattheis Störbel
1519/15
Deutsche Museum Nürnberg
Pfarrkirche St. Martin, Aulendorf, Landkreis Ravensburg
Stuckdecke, Medaillon Christi Himmelfahrt,
1711,
wohl von Johann Jakob Herkomer (Entwurf)
und Matthias Lotter
Johann Jakob Herkomer
Mosaïque d'une des chapelles
de la Basilique Notre-Dame du Rosaire(묵주)
(niveau inférieur) :
l'Ascension.