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Artists created images of Christ that focused not on historical accuracy but on reflecting different communities − a scholar of religious history explains
In my work as a religious history scholar, I’ve learned that throughout history artists created images of Christ that would speak to different communities. Sometimes, cultural pressures ...
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Feast of Christ the King: Images of our savior
Christ "is the image of the invisible God." That idea has inspired thousands of representations of Jesus of decidedly wide-ranging degrees of artistic quality. One of the oldest images we have is ...
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New Christ statue in Brazil's Encantado to be taller than Rio's
Christ the Protector in the southern city of ... An internal lift will take tourists to a viewpoint in the chest region, 40m up. Getty Images Tourists will be able to view the surrounding ...