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The iconography of Jesus covers subjects in art that include Jesus and episodes from his life. For specific works, see the parent category Category:Jesus in art and its other sub-categories. Subcategories
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.
Christ the Redeemer (icon) Christ the Redeemer (Mantegna) Christ the Redeemer with Four Saints; Christ the Vine (Moskos) Christ the Vine (Victor) Christ Triumphant over Sin and Death (Rubens) Christ with a Staff; Christ with Moses and Solomon; Christ with the Eucharist and Saints Bartholomew and Roch; Christ with the Eucharist and Saints Cosmas ...
Christ in the Garden of ... 40 P) I. Eastern Orthodox icons (6 C, 31 P) Iconography of Jesus (3 C, 28 P) Iconography of illuminated manuscripts (13 P) J. Jesus in art ...
The New Testament does contain the rudiments of an argument which provides a basis for religious images or icons. Jesus was visible, and orthodox Christian doctrine maintains that Jesus is YHWH incarnate. In the Gospel of John, Jesus stated that because his disciples had seen him, they had seen God the Father (Gospel of John 14:7-9 [20]).
The Orthodox icon of the Nativity uses certain imagery parallel to that on the epitaphios (burial shroud of Jesus) and other icons depicting the burial of Jesus on Good Friday. This is done intentionally to illustrate the theological point that the purpose of the Incarnation of Christ was to make possible the Crucifixion and Resurrection.
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An icon is a medium of communication, rather than a medium of art. Gazing at, an icon is intended to help draw the worshipper into the heavenly kingdom. As with all of Orthodox theology, the purpose is theosis (mystical union with God). [citation needed] Icons are venerated by the faithful by bowing and kissing them. Traditionally, the faithful ...