umsami Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Wow. I think Catholic Jesus must have spent a good deal of time on his hair, beard and make-up. He did a really great job on the eyeliner. On a side note, I know quite a few Arab men who have such thick eyelashes that it looks like they're wearing eyeliner. So maybe Jesus really did have the eyeliner look. ;) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onceuponatime Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Wow. I think Catholic Jesus must have spent a good deal of time on his hair, beard and make-up. He did a really great job on the eyeliner. Cover the lower portion of his face, what do you see? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umsami Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Cover the lower portion of his face, what do you see? A Kardashian or Bratz doll? The lip liner is fab too. He overlines just like them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murphy101 Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Cover the lower portion of his face, what do you see? Eyes? Are we supposed to see something else? I've never liked that picture bc it looks like they drew BVM and put a beard on her. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeacefulChaos Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Wow. I think Catholic Jesus must have spent a good deal of time on his hair, beard and make-up. He did a really great job on the eyeliner. #guylineronfleek 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reefgazer Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 I see "female". Don't know exactly what that means.... Cover the lower portion of his face, what do you see? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppy Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 To be fair, that is a post-resurrection picture, so, it wouldn't reflect the hardships of this world. I assume it is what men of a certain era (Italian men?) thought they'd look like, ideally, if they didn't have sun damage and sweat and labor and stress. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Florida. Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 To be fair, that is a post-resurrection picture, so, it wouldn't reflect the hardships of this world. I assume it is what men of a certain era (Italian men?) thought they'd look like, ideally, if they didn't have sun damage and sweat and labor and stress. We didn't really have many pre-crucifixion depictions for comparison, but the few we did have were usually Jesus giving a sermon and/or surrounded by children. He looked pretty much the same as the one in my link only without the heart of thorns. Sometimes he wore white. The Catholic Church (at least in my time) did not show a sun-damaged, sweaty Jesus. They did show him carrying the cross, but even then he didn't look as he should have if he was actually doing what he was depicted as doing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairfarmhand Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Smiling. I went to a church that had a picture of Jesus in the nursery. He was dark skinned, dark haired and dark eyed. He looked like a common laborer. But what I loved about that picture is that he was smiling hugely. Eyes crinkled up, just delighted. That's how I've pictured him ever since. Similar to this. http://fineartamerica.com/featured/the-way-of-joy-greg-olsen.html?gclid=Cj0KEQiAtMSzBRDs7fvDosLZmpoBEiQADzG1vMbxGF9mRmmR8qCIFLmFhiA2eZPRoYbU87FNh-nLieEaAs428P8HAQ I love Greg Olson's depictions of Jesus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8circles Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Smiling. I went to a church that had a picture of Jesus in the nursery. He was dark skinned, dark haired and dark eyed. He looked like a common laborer. But what I loved about that picture is that he was smiling hugely. Eyes crinkled up, just delighted. That's how I've pictured him ever since. Similar to this. http://fineartamerica.com/featured/the-way-of-joy-greg-olsen.html?gclid=Cj0KEQiAtMSzBRDs7fvDosLZmpoBEiQADzG1vMbxGF9mRmmR8qCIFLmFhiA2eZPRoYbU87FNh-nLieEaAs428P8HAQ I love Greg Olson's depictions of Jesus. I like the emotion in that picture. It's lovely. :) But, I would NOT describe that picture as dark-skinned at all. Not that it bothers me, it doesn't. I just wonder how much of this discussion is about using terms differently. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trulycrabby Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 I am native american, and have always pictured Christ as dark skinned, dark eyed, dark haired. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pippen Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 I went to a ladies retreat once and the meditation room had a framed picture of Jesus that was so unlike the image in my head that I found it distracting, and I have to confess rather amusing. But two older ladies were sitting behind me and I heard one whisper to the other "Isn't he handsome?" in all delight and seriousness. To this day I still think of that one as "Handsome Jesus" and it was the first image that came up when I googled that phrase today. The image can more easily be seen at this blog: http://www.ninthandfillmore.com/2015/04/handsome-jesus.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 I went to a ladies retreat once and the meditation room had a framed picture of Jesus that was so unlike the image in my head that I found it distracting, and I have to confess rather amusing. But two older ladies were sitting behind me and I heard one whisper to the other "Isn't he handsome?" in all delight and seriousness. To this day I still think of that one as "Handsome Jesus" and it was the first image that came up when I googled that phrase today. The image can more easily be seen at this blog: http://www.ninthandfillmore.com/2015/04/handsome-jesus.html Handsome Jesus has a certain surfer-dude quality that seems un-Jesuslike to me. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MercyA Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 Handsome Jesus has a certain surfer-dude quality that seems un-Jesuslike to me. I agree. I confess I don't really care for the laughing Jesus pictures, either. I tend to picture Him a bit more somber, as He was "a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief." Very interesting discussion! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audrey Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 It matters to me in the same importance as how the tooth fairy looks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pippen Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Handsome Jesus has a certain surfer-dude quality that seems un-Jesuslike to me. Yeah, like he'd need some help walking on water for sure. :coolgleamA: The funny thing is that I'm pretty sure the image was on the cover of some Childrens' Sunday School curriculum or a Jesus storybook a few decades ago. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pehp Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 I think of him as Middle-Eastern. Sometimes I think of him as Akiane Kramarik painted him. I really don't think about it a lot, though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolt. Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 (edited) It matters to me in the same importance as how the tooth fairy looks.Hmmm... I wonder if households with a variety of skin tones picture pale tooth fairies giving the money (like I do), or if everyone pictures their own style of features into the fairy (and mine is pale because I am pale). Is Santa a 'white man' to everyone? Or just to me? Does it matter if the stories of our culture have a 'good gifts from white characters' theme (if they do)? Is it another expression of our lightness-stands-for-goodness cultural theme? I think your tooth fairy comment makes very good sense -- even though, yes, I noticed it was lighthearted. It just got me thinking. Edited December 18, 2015 by bolt. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El... Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 I have this print over my desk, because I love the "I dare you" in the expression. The beard is a bit too neat. I try not to fixate on what he looks like, because CS Lewis wrote once that you can get tripped up praying to your mental image rather than to the person. This print has really stuck in my mind, though. I love it. I think the author got Peter right; he has the look of having been in a fight or three in his youth! http://davidbowmanart.com/eoc/come/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 It matters to me in the same importance as how the tooth fairy looks. Well, according to the movies, the tooth fairy is a guy who either looks like Dwayne Johnson or Larry the Cable Guy. With my luck, I'd lose a tooth and end up with Larry. :glare: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happypamama Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 (edited) I'm sure my mental picture is somewhat inaccurate, but I picture him as not quite pale white/blond/blue-eyed as in northern European, but not super dark either. Tanned, olive skin, dark brown hair, hair a little long and maybe kind of hippy-ish. Smiling but with a seriousness to his face too; He's not going to turn someone away, but He's also not going to condone sin either. In good shape, physically. I've seen many pictures that depict Him that way. ETA: Yes, a lot like Handsome Jesus or the one in the Bowman prints, above. Very interesting commentary on that one page with Handsome Jesus, about why He may not have looked handsome. But I also don't care. He's Jesus. Edited December 18, 2015 by happypamama Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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