그림 형태 속 예수의 묘사는 초기 교회에서 논란이 있었다.[1][2] 예술 속 그의 묘사는 이후 그 이후로 크게 안정적으로 유지하고 있는 자신의 외모에 대한 기존의 표준화 된 양식에 도달하기 위해 몇 세기가 걸렸다. 변종도 볼 수 있지만 예수의 대부분의 그림은 지금은 거의 보편적으로 예수와 관련된 특성들을 가지고 있다.
여전히 바로 오늘날 인식되는 예수의 모습을 보여주는, 6세기, 납화, 전능자 그리스도의 가장 오래 살아남은 판 이콘.
A representation of Jesus as the sun-god Helios/Sol Invictus riding in his chariot. Mosaic of the 3rd century on the Vatican grottoes under St. Peter's Basilica.
Mural painting from the catacomb of Commodilla. One of the first bearded images of Jesus, late 4th century.
Jesus depicted on an early 8th-century Byzantine coin. After the Byzantine iconoclasm all coins had Christ on them.
11th-century Christ Pantocrator with the halo in a cross form, used throughout the Middle Ages. Characteristically, he is portrayed as similar in features and skin tone to the culture of the artist.
Christ in majesty, still with no beard, from an English 12th century illuminated manuscript.
An unusual image of Jesus as a medieval knight bearing an attributed coat of arms based on the Veil of Veronica
The Baptism of Christ, by Piero della Francesca, 1449.
Christ as Man of Sorrows by Andrea Mantegna
An traditional Ethiopian depiction of Jesus and Mary with distinctively "Ethiopian" features.
Jesus, aged 12, in discussion with scholars at the Temple, by José Ribera.
A mural depicting the baptism of Jesus in a typical Haitian rural scenery, Cathédrale de Sainte Trinité, Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
Pietro Perugino's depiction of the Crucifixion as Stabat Mater, 1482.
Transfiguration of Jesus depicting him with Elijah, Moses and three apostles by Carracci, 1594.
The Crucifixion of Christ, painted by Titian.
Jesus as Good Shepherd (stained glass at St John's Ashfield.
Trevisani's depiction of the typical baptismal scene with the sky opening and the Holy Spirit descending as a dove, 1723.
Jesus Christ Pantocrator – ancient mosaic from Hagia Sophia.
Resurrection by Noel Coypel, 1700, using a hovering depiction of Jesus.
19th-century Russian icon of Christ Pantocrator.
Head of Jesus (1890) by Enrique Simonet.
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The Monumento al Divino Salvador del Mundo in the city of San Salvador, El Salvador
Philip Schaff commenting on Irenaeus, wrote, 'This censure of images as a Gnostic peculiarity, and as a heathenish corruption, should be noted'. Footnote 300 on Contr. Her. .I.XXV.6. ANF
Grigg, Robert, "Byzantine Credulity as an Impediment to Antiquarianism", Gesta, Vol. 26, No. 1 (1987), pp.3–9, The University of Chicago Press on behalf of the International Center of Medieval Art, JSTOR
James Hall, A History of Ideas and Images in Italian Art, 1983, John Murray, London, ISBN0-7195-3971-4