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[โ€“] merde@sh.itjust.works 87 points 1 year ago (5 children)

99% invisible just released a podcast on this subject โ˜ž https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/615-your-own-personal-jesus/

The most popular image of Jesus Christ in the worldโ€”a white man with blue eyes, wavy brown hair, and a soft, peaceful gazeโ€”comes from Head of Christ, a 1940 painting by Chicago artist Warner Sallman. Itโ€™s been reproduced over a billion times, shaping how millions imagine Jesus.

But its dominance also cemented a white Jesus in the cultural imagination. Scholars point out that the historical Jesus, a Middle Eastern Jew, likely had darker skin. Yet Head of Christ reinforced whiteness as central to Christian identity in America. As historian David Morgan puts it, โ€œIt gave white Americans a Jesus that was theirs.โ€

[โ€“] Landless2029@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

"Skin of bronze and hair of Sheep's wool"

[โ€“] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

White Jesus predates the '40s by quite a long way. European Christians have been depicting him that way for centuries. I'm pretty sure Americans had a white Jesus before then as well.

Sadly, it's hard to find accurate depictions of Jesus in the western world.

[โ€“] Num10ck@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

i read that it was Da Vinci era likely due to instruction from the popes. some say Da Vinci's depictions of Jesus were self portraits.

[โ€“] littletoolshed@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

This was a great episode and Iโ€™m happy to see you posted it, since I was also like, โ€œI just learned about this!!โ€

[โ€“] merde@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

i remember this portrait from some time ago

real face of jesus

it sounded like a reasonable reconstruction: https://www.popularmechanics.com/culture/a41336100/real-jesus-face/

[โ€“] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ah fuck I need to go listen to more Depeche Mode

Pick up the receiver, I'll make you a believer.

[โ€“] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

"Racists prefer to think of themselves as special."