Such images imply that the relatively standardized, modern depiction of Jesus emerged in approximately 1490, but art historians might argue otherwise. Although the Renaissance produced a vast ...

When artist Stephen Sawyer envisions Christ, the image is usually something other than a man in white robe and sandals. Sawyer paints a contemporary Jesus _ in blue jeans, wearing a T-shirt, ...

The world may never know the true face of Jesus, but a modern breakthrough has given an idea of what Christ looked like nearly 2,000 years ago.

CHICAGO — The first time the Rev. Lettie Moses Carr saw Jesus depicted as black, she was in her 20s. It felt “weird,” Carr said. Until that moment, she had always thought Jesus was white. At ...

Thus, kudos to Duffy for allowing those midshipmen to voice their love of Jesus and thereby provide us with one more stirring piece of evidence that God's work in modern America continues.

The works on display through Feb. 2, signal an alarm and warning, as art historian Kenneth E. Silver wrote in an essay featured in the exhibit’s catalog.

Into the modern period, secularism rose rapidly and the focus of art shifted towards non-religious subjects. In the 19th century, most Christian art was either reproductions of earlier paintings ...

A painting of what is described as a modern-day Jesus Christ has won Australia's third richest portrait prize on the New South Wales far south coast. Sydney artist, Neil Moore, took out the ...

His first painting in the series sold immediately, propelling him to reach a goal of 100 unique and modern portraits. “Before that, I had never painted Jesus and had no desire to do so,” he said.

Recent protests on racial justice have also questioned the portrayal of Jesus as a white man. An art historian explains how this image appeared and came to be marketed worldwide.

A famous 15th-century altarpiece has been restored in Belgium, and people are freaked out by the artist's original image of a human-faced Jesus sheep.

New York — NEW YORK — At a moment when the world is flush with new books and ever-evolving interpretations of Jesus, one of the last century's artistic masters is providing art lovers with a ...