And for centuries after his death, likely due to concerns ... Some, like Warner Sallman in his painting “Head of Christ,” have even depicted Jesus as a blonde man with blue eyes.

A short life and brutal death was enough to ensure that Jesus’ message of hope and everlasting life would spread across Judaea, across the Empire and ultimately, across the world. One of the ...

Artist Beshoy Zaraa describes the tradition of painting the Christian story of the nativity of Jesus in Egyptian art to ...

Two details should be noted: First, Stephen explicitly associates his death with Christ’s, repeating two of Jesus’ own words ... Paul Rubens (1577-1640). The painting comes from a triptych ...