An unspecified number of Wise Men in the Bible never visited a baby Jesus. Nor is there any mention of a stable. The Wise Men arrived two years later with gifts including myrrh as a portent of the toddler’s eventual execution.
The Catholic Church didn’t exist for a couple 100 years until after that took place by the Romans who were in power then. Yes Jesus was another Jew the Romans crucified.
I remember this from Art History. It was in fact done as a spoiler alert by the artist. It was to visually tell the illiterate masses what was to come. Hung like an omen over a celebratory scene.
This painting is part of the Portinari Altarpiece (also known as the “Adoration of the Shepherds”) by Hugo van der Goes, a Flemish painter of the Northern Renaissance. It was completed around 1475–1476.
A little! But still headache-inducing to try to make out the details.
I'm just hoping Bluesky gets enough bandwidth to facilitate higher resolutions in the near future!
Not religious at all; I would be open to participate in church if more believed and accepted the truth and reality as in this beautiful portrait of Mary. Today’s churches of any kind, is disgraceful and disgusting.
FWIW, your version looks more sub-Saharan than Semitic to me.
Cinematic evidence leads me to believe Jesus' actual Father looked like Morgan Freeman, so I guess anything's possible.
If you think that painter was a founder of Christianity or that they didn't know including a cross was anachronistic, you are the one who doesn't understand.
That entire image is a violation of god's law. Graven images. Bad no no. But Christians love idol worship as part of their cult that has cannibalistic ritual events so go figure.
Yes, this is exactly how clean and colorfully clothed folks were 6000 yrs ago. It's literally a snapshot of real history..🤣🤣🤣 and here I thought there were smart folks over here.🤣🤣🤣🤣