TehBamski@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-25 days agoFar too many people think that Jesus from the Bible was light skinned, even though he grew up in what we call the Middle East.message-squaremessage-square83fedilinkarrow-up126
arrow-up126message-squareFar too many people think that Jesus from the Bible was light skinned, even though he grew up in what we call the Middle East.TehBamski@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-25 days agomessage-square83fedilink
minus-squareAllNewTypeFace@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 days agoWe have an American commercial illustrator named Warner Sallman to blame for the canonical Jesus’ melanin deficit.
minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agoYeah, I think Italian Renaissance painters may have pre-dated that somewhat.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 days agoThat’s a ridiculous claim. Here’s a picture of Jesus’ baptism from Normandy, painted in 1185. Plenty of others here: https://smarthistory.org/standard-scenes-from-the-life-of-christ-in-art/ Europeans tended to paint Jesus as white because they didn’t understand there were no photos or movies or TV around, so someone in Norman France didn’t know there was an alternative possibility.
minus-squareGolden Lox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 days agoi think it goes back a little further than some dude from the US…
We have an American commercial illustrator named Warner Sallman to blame for the canonical Jesus’ melanin deficit.
Yeah, I think Italian Renaissance painters may have pre-dated that somewhat.
That’s a ridiculous claim.
Here’s a picture of Jesus’ baptism from Normandy, painted in 1185.
Plenty of others here: https://smarthistory.org/standard-scenes-from-the-life-of-christ-in-art/
Europeans tended to paint Jesus as white because they didn’t understand there were no photos or movies or TV around, so someone in Norman France didn’t know there was an alternative possibility.
i think it goes back a little further than some dude from the US…