Artists Create Images Of Christ Focused On Reflecting Different Communities

(ANALYSIS) 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. In 1915, Norwegian artist Emanuel Vigeland created an image of Christ with golden hair and fair skin despite a popular illustration showing Christ as Middle Eastern with dark hair.

Analysis, Art & Music, Art and Music, Arts & Culture, ChristianityVirgina RaguinMay 20, 2024Virginia Raguin, Christianity, Christian art, Religious art, Image of Christ, Iconography, Religious symbolism, news, art, Jesus, Jesus ChristComment

Iran’s Street Art Shows Defiance, Resistance and Resilience

A recent rise in activism in Iran has added a new chapter to the country’s long-standing history of murals and other public art. But as the sentiments being expressed in those works have changed, the government’s view of them has shifted, too.

Asia, News, Middle East, IslamPouya AfsharSeptember 7, 2023The Conversation, Iran, Islam, Religious art, Islamic Revolution, Secondary featureComment

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