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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Just a side piece to the discussion: many of the surviving paints of Christ are biased by the author towards appearing more like the people of the area, in addition to symbolism of the era. Christ Pantocrator of St. Catherine's Monastery is one of the oldest depictions of Christ and deviates from the modern European style.