Los Angeles Times

Christ on the cross: a violent image as an act of commiseration

No image I know in the history of Western painting is more brutal than the crucifixion scene in the Isenheim Altarpiece. Its violence would make Quentin Tarantino blush. When German Renaissance artist ...
Yahoo

Artists created images of Christ that focused not on historical accuracy but on reflecting different communities − a scholar of religious history explains

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 'Christ of the New Jerusalem' − created in 1915 for the Uranienborg Church, Oslo, by Emanuel Vigeland. Michel M. Raguin, CC BY In ...
Lawrence Journal-World

Cross purposes: Throughout history, artists take different approaches to depict Christ’s resurrection

“Christ on the Cross,” by the French painter Philippe de Champaigne, was painted around 1655. By the Baroque era, the more grotesque, realistic portrayals of Christ’s body had largely given way to a ...
The Independent

Was Jesus Christ really nailed to the cross?

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Jesus’s crucifixion is probably one of the most ...
Slate

Beards, Theft, and Other Peculiar Factors That Turn Images Into Icons

Images of Christ did not always have a beard or even a face. Initially, Christ was portrayed simply with symbols. When images in his likeness were finally introduced around the late third century, ...