The Face of Jesus Hardback

The most iconic face in art over the past two thousand years has been that of Jesus--as the central figure inChristianity, he has been a source of comfort and consolation to followers around the world.

In The Face ofJesus, art historian Edward Lucie-Smith traces Jesus' life in famous works of art by artists such as Pierodella Francesca, Leonardo da Vinci, El Greco, Rembrandt, Georges Rouault, and Jean Michel Basquiat. With these magnificent images, Lucie-Smith shows how the depiction of Christ has remained roughly thesame over the years--a man with fair skin, a beard, and long hair parted down the center--but also beenshaped by stylistic changes in art and the spread of Christianity.

For example, converts to Christianityneeded images of Christ with which they could fully identify, sometimes resulting in images of Christ with adifferent ethnicity, depicted as black, Chinese, or Japanese.

Containing both old masterpieces and modernworks, The Face of Jesus guides readers on a biographical narrative of Jesus' life, from his birth, to histeachings, to his crucifixion, and finally his resurrection.

Similar to Saints and Angels, The Face of Jesus isa beautiful collection of three hundred images gathered in an accessible and intimate format, making it anideal gift for both art lovers and the religious market.