DVD of PBS Documentary 'Images Of Jesus' Recommended By Booklist

The Janson Media DVD Images Of Jesus was recommended in a recent review by Booklist Magazine. It is unfortunate that while Jesus lived, no one made a record of His face. In His time, no one made a picture, nor a sketch, nor a painting. The depiction of Jesus in art took several centuries to reach a conventional standardized form for his physical appearance, which has subsequently remained largely stable since that time. Since then every image of Jesus came from the minds and hands of those who lived after He died. Written and directed by Perry Wolff for the Cheshire Archives, and originally produced for nationwide broadcast on PBS, this one-hour documentary traces the evolving look of Christ from the first figuration from 320 AD of Jesus as an astonished shepherd boy, to the present day.

&'This lovely program presents a retrospective look at statues, paintings, woodcarvings, frescoes, stained glass, woodcuts, and other creations that depict Jesus Christ...For art and religion students as well.&' -Booklist

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