Paintings, photos from Passepartout The Appearance of the Risen Christ to Mary Magdalene

The composition of the painting is characterized by spiritual simplicity, the figures of the characters are sculptural, canonically beautiful, plastic. Christ and Magdalene are depicted turned frontally, for the convenience of contemplating facial expressions and transmitting their emotional experiences. The figure of Christ is painted in perfect proportions, the folds of the white robe are elegantly worked out. Mary Magdalene is wearing a flaming red dress. With such an opposition, the artist expressed the difference between the spheres in which the human being and the divine reside. The white cloth on the body of Jesus glows, shimmers like pearls and mother-of-pearl, bluish-golden, it reminds of heavenly cloudless spheres. Magdalene is shown grounded, with one foot on her knee, holding out her hand to her beloved Savior. Christ restrains the strong spiritual impulse of the disciple with a calm but strict gesture. Ivanov managed to convey the love of Jesus and a mixture of Mary's emotional experiences when meeting him: the pain of his death, the delight of returning and the hope of happiness soon.