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aeebee50 · 04-19-2011, 06:50 AM

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Just curious, Were there no artists at the time of Jesus? You would think that some one as charismatic as Jesus would have been painted or a statue or some thing of him would be available. Not after His demise but during. Just asking.

Apparently someone did do a painting of him! Luke The Evangelist.

Wikipedia says

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Another Christian tradition states that he was the first icon painter. He is said to have painted pictures of the Virgin Mary (for example, The Black Madonna of Częstochowa or Our Lady of Vladimir) and of Peter and Paul. Thus late medieval guilds of St Luke in the cities of Flanders, or the Accademia di San Luca ("Academy of St Luke") in Rome, imitated in many other European cities during the 16th century, gathered together and protected painters. The tradition that Luke painted icons of Mary and Jesus has been common, particularly in Eastern Orthodoxy. The tradition also has support from the Saint Thomas Christians of India who claim to still have one of the Theotokos icons that St Luke painted and Thomas brought to India

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_the_Evangelist

When I visited the Constantinople exhibition at London's Royal Academy a few years ago, I remember at least an icon of Mary (Can't remember if there was also one of Jesus..) which was, by tradition, copied (maybe through a chain of copies) ultimately from a portrait from life by Luke. There is indeed a practice of copying icons down the generations from certain archetypes.

So there you go

Thanks, maybe I will get to see them some time. Looks like Jesus may have looked like others of the area, not some of the modern day photos.

Yellum Notnef · 04-19-2011, 07:34 AM

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Originally Posted by aeebee50

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Originally Posted by 2-J

Apparently someone did do a painting of him! Luke The Evangelist.

Wikipedia says

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_the_Evangelist

When I visited the Constantinople exhibition at London's Royal Academy a few years ago, I remember at least an icon of Mary (Can't remember if there was also one of Jesus..) which was, by tradition, copied (maybe through a chain of copies) ultimately from a portrait from life by Luke. There is indeed a practice of copying icons down the generations from certain archetypes.

So there you go

Thanks, maybe I will get to see them some time. Looks like Jesus may have looked like others of the area, not some of the modern day photos.

Don't forget to buy a piece of Jesus' cross while you're there buying the rest of the nonsense.

Jaybees · 04-19-2011, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Yellum Notnef

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Originally Posted by aeebee50

Thanks, maybe I will get to see them some time. Looks like Jesus may have looked like others of the area, not some of the modern day photos.

Don't forget to buy a piece of Jesus' cross while you're there buying the rest of the nonsense.

You can also buy a feather from the Holy Ghost.

aeebee50 · 04-19-2011, 09:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Yellum Notnef

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Originally Posted by aeebee50

Thanks, maybe I will get to see them some time. Looks like Jesus may have looked like others of the area, not some of the modern day photos.

Don't forget to buy a piece of Jesus' cross while you're there buying the rest of the nonsense.

Maybe I can buy some ocean front property in Arizona.

aeebee50 · 04-19-2011, 09:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Jaybees

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Originally Posted by Yellum Notnef

Don't forget to buy a piece of Jesus' cross while you're there buying the rest of the nonsense.

You can also buy a feather from the Holy Ghost.

That may be an angel, but I do not think ghosts have feathers?:constern01:

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