{"id":50749,"date":"2026-02-13T05:25:25","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T05:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=50749"},"modified":"2026-02-13T05:25:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T05:25:25","slug":"vatican-exposition-celebrates-friendship-between-st-paul-vi-and-jacques-maritain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/vatican-exposition-celebrates-friendship-between-st-paul-vi-and-jacques-maritain\/","title":{"rendered":"Un'esposizione vaticana celebra l'amicizia tra San Paolo VI e Jacques Maritain"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Nel 1965, alla chiusura del Concilio Vaticano II, Papa Paolo VI consegn\u00f2 a Jacques Maritain un messaggio rivolto agli \u201cuomini del pensiero e della scienza\u201d. \/ Crediti: Vatican Media<\/span>\n<\/div>\n

Citt\u00e0 del Vaticano, 16 giugno 2025 \/ 06:00 (CNA).<\/p>\n

I Musei Vaticani hanno inaugurato il 12 giugno la mostra \u201cPaolo VI e Jacques Maritain: Il rinnovamento dell\u2019arte sacra tra Francia e Italia (1945\u20131973)\u201d, un omaggio all\u2019amicizia tra il celebre filosofo francese e il Papa che succedette a Giovanni XXIII e concluse il Concilio Vaticano II (1962\u20131965).<\/p>\n

Il progetto si concentra su Maritain (1882\u20131973), pensatore neotomista e figura chiave nel dialogo tra fede, cultura e arte nel XX secolo. <\/p>\n

Nominato ambasciatore presso la Santa Sede dal presidente francese Charles de Gaulle dopo la Seconda Guerra Mondiale, Maritain visse a Roma dal 1945 al 1948. Durante quel periodo, si rafforz\u00f2 la sua amicizia con Giovanni Battista Montini (il futuro Papa Paolo VI), conosciuto a Parigi nel 1924. <\/p>\n

Il pensiero di Maritain influenz\u00f2 i concetti fondamentali alla base del Concilio Vaticano II, in particolare la sua idea di un \u201cumanesimo integrale\u201d in cui convergono fede cristiana, dignit\u00e0 umana ed espressione artistica.<\/p>\n

Insieme alla moglie, Ra\u00efssa Oumansoff, con la quale si convert\u00ec al cattolicesimo nel 1906, Maritain fu al centro di un\u2019\u00e9lite intellettuale internazionale che includeva poeti, filosofi, artisti e mistici come Charles P\u00e9guy, L\u00e9on Bloy, Paul Claudel, Jean Cocteau e Georges Rouault, quest\u2019ultimo considerato da Maritain uno dei suoi pi\u00f9 stretti interpreti artistici.<\/p>\n

La mostra, che fa parte del Giubileo 2025 e rimarr\u00e0 aperta per tutta l\u2019estate, commemora diversi eventi significativi: l\u201980\u00b0 anniversario della nomina di Jacques Maritain ad ambasciatore francese presso la Santa Sede nel 1945 e la quasi contemporanea fondazione dell\u2019Istituto Francese-Centro San Luigi a Roma da parte di Maritain; il 60\u00b0 anniversario della chiusura del Concilio Vaticano II nel dicembre 1965; e l\u2019inaugurazione della Collezione d\u2019Arte Religiosa Moderna, promossa da Paolo VI nel giugno 1973.<\/p>\n

Per la direttrice dei Musei Vaticani, Barbara Jatta, questi anniversari \u201crendono evidente la ricchezza di ispirazione storica che questo progetto offre al pubblico dei musei papali\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Barbara Jatta in Vaticano. Crediti: Foto per gentile concessione dei Musei Vaticani<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

La mostra \u2014 attraverso fotografie, documenti e dipinti che creano un dialogo tra spiritualit\u00e0, pensiero cristiano e arte d\u2019avanguardia \u2014 ripercorre il legame spirituale e intellettuale tra il filosofo francese e l\u2019allora monsignor Giovanni Battista Montini.<\/p>\n

\u201cIl rapporto con il pontefice dur\u00f2 ben oltre l\u2019esperienza diplomatica e fu piuttosto intenso durante il Concilio Vaticano II, al cui sviluppo il pensiero neotomista di Maritain contribu\u00ec\u201d, ha osservato Jatta.<\/p>\n

La direttrice del museo ha anche notato che Maritain e sua moglie Ra\u00efssa, di origine russa, formarono un circolo culturale internazionale di grande influenza per tutto il XX secolo, riunendo artisti, pensatori e figure religiose. La coppia, infatti, raccolse anche una significativa collezione di opere d\u2019arte, molte delle quali divennero parte del nucleo iniziale della Collezione d\u2019Arte Religiosa Moderna dei Musei Vaticani.<\/p>\n

\u201cHanno trascorso molto tempo insieme durante i primi giorni della Collezione Vaticana, perch\u00e9 oltre a riaffermare la stima ininterrotta e reciproca tra Montini e Maritain, sottolinea come quest\u2019ultimo abbia compreso immediatamente la portata del progetto di Paolo VI, di cui il filosofo stesso fu uno dei motori teorici\u201d, ha spiegato Jatta.<\/p>\n

Questo progetto ha assunto una forma pubblica e ufficiale con il celebre discorso<\/a> agli artisti pronunciato da Paolo VI nella Cappella Sistina il 7 maggio 1964, nel quale invoc\u00f2 la guarigione del \u201cdivorzio tra la Chiesa e l\u2019arte contemporanea\u201d.<\/p>\n

In effetti, questa richiesta culmin\u00f2 con l\u2019apertura della collezione il 23 giugno 1973, \u201cnel cuore storico dei Musei Vaticani, tra gli Appartamenti Borgia con le sue varie sale che conducono alla Cappella Sistina\u201d.<\/p>\n

La mostra riunisce dipinti, disegni, stampe, fotografie, volumi d\u2019epoca e oggetti materiali che documentano un\u2019intensa rete di amicizia e collaborazione tra pensatori e artisti impegnati nel rinnovamento spirituale dell\u2019arte.<\/p>\n

Tra gli artisti di spicco figurano Maurice Denis, \u00c9mile Bernard, Gino Severini (con opere per le chiese svizzere promosse dal cardinale Charles Journet), Georges Rouault (forse l\u2019artista pi\u00f9 vicino a Maritain) e Marc Chagall, caro amico di Ra\u00efssa, le cui narrazioni visive rivelano una sensibilit\u00e0 unica ispirata al folklore ebraico. <\/p>\n

L\u2019esposizione include anche opere di Henri Matisse, con la sua celebre Cappella di Vence, e dell\u2019americano William Congdon, artista di forte ispirazione mistica, conosciuto da Maritain negli anni precedenti il concilio.<\/p>\n

\u00c8 presente anche il sacerdote domenicano Marie-Alain Couturier, un altro grande innovatore dell\u2019arte sacra in Francia. La sua prospettiva, pi\u00f9 progressista e diversa da quella di Maritain, \u00e8 integrata nella mostra come segno dell\u2019apertura di Paolo VI alle molteplici correnti all\u2019interno del pensiero cattolico contemporaneo.<\/p>\n

Curata da Micol Forti, responsabile della collezione d\u2019arte moderna e contemporanea dei Musei Vaticani, l\u2019esposizione si trova nel cuore della mostra dedicata all\u2019arte attuale, tra le Stanze di Raffaello e la Cappella Sistina.<\/p>\n

La mostra \u00e8 il risultato di una collaborazione tra i Musei Vaticani e varie istituzioni culturali, tra cui l\u2019Ambasciata di Francia presso la Santa Sede, l\u2019 Istituto Francese-Centro San Luigi<\/a>, e la Biblioteca Nazionale e Universitaria di Strasburgo<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Questa storia <\/em>\u00e8 stata pubblicata per la prima volta<\/em><\/a> di ACI Prensa, partner di notizie in lingua spagnola di CNA. \u00c8 stato tradotto e adattato da CNA.<\/em><\/p>\n

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In 1965, at the close of the Second Vatican Council, Pope Paul VI gave Jacques Maritain a message directed to \u201cmen of thought and science.\u201d \/ Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Jun 16, 2025 \/ 06:00 am (CNA). 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