Title: | Transfiguration |
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Notes: | JESUS MAFA is a response to the New Testament readings from the Lectionary by a Christian community in Cameroon, Africa. Each of the readings was selected and adapted to dramatic interpretation by the community members. Photographs of their interpretations were made, and these were then transcribed to paintings. In this theatrical representation of Jesus’ transfiguration, Jesus is robed in a dazzling white garment, as the story in the gospels describes. He appears to be greeting Moses and Elijah like old friends as they are surrounded by a cloud that makes the whole scene feel ethereal. Peter, James, and John look on with flabbergasted and fearful expressions, bewildered at what they should do. This painting invites the viewer to imagine what it would be like to have seen such amazing things. Undoubtedly, it would inspire one to follow and obey Jesus, just as God commands in the story: “This is my son, the beloved. Listen to him!” |
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Date: | 1973 |
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Artist: | JESUS MAFA |
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Object/Function: | Painting |
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Country: | Cameroon
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Scripture: | Matthew 17:1-9
Mark 9:2-9
Luke 9:28-36, (37-43)
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Person as Subject: | Jesus Christ (Biblical figure)
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Lectionary links: | BTran
ATran
CTran
BDiv
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General Subject: | Transfiguration of Jesus
Culture: African
Culture: Black
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Library of Congress Subject: | Christian art and symbolism -- Cameroon
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Permalink: |
https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=48307 (Use this link to refer back to this image.)
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Copyright Source: | http://www.librairie-emmanuel.fr (contact page: https://www.librairie-emmanuel.fr/contact) |
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Copyright Permission: | For non-commercial uses, include with the image the Attribution statement below. Variations of the statement are fine as long as the elements in the Attribution statement are included. For other uses contact Éditions de l’Emmanuel, https://www.editions-emmanuel.com/contact/. |
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Attribution: | JESUS MAFA. Transfiguration, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=48307 [retrieved January 21, 2025]. Original source: http://www.librairie-emmanuel.fr (contact page: https://www.librairie-emmanuel.fr/contact). |
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Record Number: | 48307
Last Updated: 2022-04-18 19:33:38
Record Created: 2006-12-15 00:00:00 |
Institution: | Vanderbilt University
Collection: Art in the Christian Tradition |