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The historical Jesus likely had the brown eyes and skin of other first-century Jews from Galilee, a region in biblical Israel. But no one knows exactly what Jesus looked like. There are no known images of Jesus from his lifetime.
Anna Swartwood House, Assistant Professor of Art History, University of South Carolina
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The long history of how Jesus came to resemble a white European
The long history of how Jesus came to resemble a white European
Painting depicting transfiguration of Jesus, a story in the New Testament when Jesus becomes radiant upon a mountain. Artist Raphael /Collections Hallwyl Museum, CC BY-SALeer en español The portrayal of Jesus as a white, European man has come under renewed scrutiny during this period of...
The historical Jesus likely had the brown eyes and skin of other first-century Jews from Galilee, a region in biblical Israel. But no one knows exactly what Jesus looked like. There are no known images of Jesus from his lifetime.
In search of the holy face
Sallman’s painting culminates a long tradition of white Europeans creating and disseminating pictures of Christ made in their own image.
Anna Swartwood House, Assistant Professor of Art History, University of South Carolina
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