like in paintings, or stain glass windows.
2006-07-07 03:19:49 · 11 answers · asked by lost 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Why do people always get upset about this and question the color of his skin and why people paint him as white. This started many hundreds of years ago before any of us were born. So there is no way that any people that are currently living on this planet no matter what race you had anything at all to do with starting a myth about it about what he looked like.
Isn't it obvious no one really knows what he looked like. And the artists in those eras just painted him as if he was from their own culture, dah.
2006-07-07 04:02:17 · answer #1 · answered by cj 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
A fella commissions an artist to portray him in oil with a "christ-like" visage. Next thing you know, other artists are using that picture as a basis for their own works.
1100 C.E. - 1800 C.E. Everybody wanted to show how righteous they were by having portraits of Jesus. After DaVinci, David, and Delacroix popularized the look, it stuck.
2006-07-07 10:26:48 · answer #2 · answered by comedianwit 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus has appeared to some people, such as St. Faustina and St. Mary Margaret. In the case of St. Faustina, he commissioned her to have an artist paint what she remembered of seeing him. This picture is the picture of the Divine Mercy.
2006-07-07 10:24:12 · answer #3 · answered by Maurus B. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For the same reason we can depict stories of his life or claim to understand what he was thinking. We piece together the different stories about him and makes guesses to fill in the gaps.
2006-07-07 10:23:27 · answer #4 · answered by Funchy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because Jesus lived the the Middle Eastern area, therefore he would have olive skin and dark hair. And no, He is not a woman, that is why they call Him the "Son of God."
2006-07-07 10:34:25 · answer #5 · answered by Carys 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because people want him to look like them. Or at least a tall fair skinned and haired northern European guy rather than the most likely short darker skinned Jewish guy that he was. Easier for people to relate to him if he is of the "superior" race.
2006-07-07 10:28:58 · answer #6 · answered by justthinking 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think they use the Shroud or Turin. Possibly their were many depictions and one just became the popular image.
2006-07-07 10:30:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
People in the past who were on Earth with him would have seen him. This info would have been spread from generation to generation.
2006-07-07 10:23:40 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
People do that because that's what they think he looks like. God could be a woman. There are many visions of God but there is only one.
2006-07-07 10:23:33 · answer #9 · answered by fashion_luvs_me 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know, but I seriously dig that he's got long hair.
Silly I know but I can't help myself.
2006-07-07 10:23:26 · answer #10 · answered by gypsy g 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋