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This category is for specific works that include depictions of Jesus in the visual arts. For articles covering ways of depicting scenes or types of depictions of Jesus in general, see the sub-category Category:Iconography of Jesus. For images of Jesus as an infant with his mother, see Category:Madonna and Child in art.
The Head of Christ, also called the Sallman Head, is a 1940 portrait painting of Jesus of Nazareth by Warner Sallman (1892–1968). As an extraordinarily successful work of Christian popular devotional art, [1] it had been reproduced over half a billion times worldwide by the end of the 20th century. [2]
The face that Neave constructed suggested that Jesus would have had a broad face and large nose, and differed significantly from the traditional depictions of Jesus in renaissance art. [82] Additional information about Jesus' skin color and hair was provided by Mark Goodacre , a New Testament scholar and professor at Duke University.
Art critic Friedrich Pecht wrote that Liebermann's treatment of the biblical narrative was purely humorous and without religious reverence – a witty child who makes fun of a few old people. In his view, Liebermann portrayed Jesus as "the ugliest, snobby Jewish boy imaginable" and the rabbis as a "pack of the sleakiest haggling Jews". [9]
The Nativity of Jesus has been a major subject of Christian art since the 4th century. The artistic depictions of the Nativity or birth of Jesus, celebrated at Christmas, are based on the narratives in the Bible, in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, and further elaborated by written, oral and artistic tradition.
Earlier this year a picture re-emerged that showed what Jesus might have looked like as a kid. Detectives took the Turin Shroud, believed to show Jesus' image, and created a photo-fit image from ...