Baby Jesus in art and the long tradition of depicting Christ as a man-child
- Written by Angela McCarthy, Senior Lecturer in Theology, University of Notre Dame Australia
A Byzantine icon brought to Venice in 1349 depicts Mary and baby Jesus. In the Eastern Orthodox tradition, from around the sixth century until the present, the child Jesus looks like a little man.Wikimedia Commons
A 900kg baby Jesus statue in Mexico that looks remarkably like musician Phil Collins recently became a social media phenomenon. But in...
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