Settling on a ‘Look’
Over time, people began expecting depictions of Jesus to look the same. As well as his facial features, he began to appear in a white robe. Occasionally he would have a halo floating above his head. Jean says this was because the populace wanted to be able to see Jesus as evangelical.
Settling On A Look
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Catching the Eye
The result of painting him like this was to show Jesus as hallowed or divine. If you think of modern-day superheroes and old Roman and Greek gods, long hair is depicted regularly as a sign of strength, and today this holds the same connotations. The overall image of Jesus has become an analogy of those characters.
Catching The Eye
