University of Otago provides funding as a member of The Conversation NZ. When Jesus is shown on the cross, he is almost always depicted wearing a loincloth around his waist. We now know ...

The cross, or crucifix, is arguably the central image of Christianity. What’s the difference between the two? A cross is just that - an empty cross. It stands as a statement that Jesus is no ...

Now one Swedish theologian says that despite the crucifix's proliferation in art ... Jesus, the Bible says, carried something called a stauros out to Calvary. Everyone thought it meant cross ...

Jesus was both fully human and fully divine." The art was also affected by what people were going through at the time. "Images of Christ on the Cross became particularly pitiful after the Black ...

The exhibition featuring 16 artists, called The Age of Marvellous, coincides with the Frieze Art Fair in nearby ... being crucified on a cross and a waxwork of a black Jesus being electrocuted.

We call it Good Friday for one reason: By His death on the cross, Jesus Christ opened the door ... The Hearst Foundations has awarded the Seattle Art Museum with a grant.

“It was never my intentions to hurt or disrespect anyone, the coat is abstract art to me ... featured an abstract illustration of Jesus on the cross under the word “ETERNAL.” ...

The Stations of the Cross observes Jesus' passion and death on the cross ... The stations display sacred art, prayers and reflections. The practice began during Roman times as pilgrims traced ...

The cross, or crucifix ... but still not Jesus’ death. Harley-McGowan writes: it is clear that the earliest representations of deaths in early Christian art were pointed in their focus on ...