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Our Lady of Grace, Dearborn Heights, Michigan

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Building Name: Christ the King Catholic Church

Artist Name: Andrew R. Maglia

City: Detroit

Window Shape: 2 (rectangle)

Date of Window: 1962

Subject/Title of Window: The Resurrection of Jesus

Brief Description of Subject: Each of the six epistle side aisle windows illuminate a scene from the life of Jesus.The scene pictured here is the Resurrection. The actual Resurrection is not covered in the Bible, so artists have great leeway in its depiction.
 
Pictured here is Jesus rising out of the tomb on Easter morning. He has his right arm raised, symbolizing giving a blessing, while his left hand is holding a staff crowned with a cross and the triumph over death banner. Near his right foot are laurel branches, symbols for victory. By his left foot is a kneeling Roman guard with his helmeted head facing downwards and hands covering his face in fear.
 
In the predella is a phoenix bird. In Mythology, as this bird aged it would burn itself on a funeral pyre and raise itself up from the ashes fully restored to its youth. One of its earliest mentions in Christianity was by St. Clement, a first Century Bishop of Rome. In a letter to the Corinthians, he related the phoenix bird to the resurrection of Christ. In sacred art it is used as a symbol for triumph over death, renewed life and resurrection.

Height: 80"

Width: 33"

The Resurrection of Jesus
The Resurrection of Jesus
The Resurrection of Jesus outside
The Resurrection of Jesus outside

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