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To: annalex

A ginger Jesus throwing down gang signs?


55 posted on 03/19/2012 5:32:17 PM PDT by aruanan
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To: aruanan

Often in Late Renaissance Jesus was depicted red-headed.

The gestures are carefully chosen. Jesus’s touching the thumb with the forefinger shows logical succession, expressed calmly. The Pharisees gesticulate agitatedly or rest the hands on a closed book, symbolizing anger and inability to understand.


56 posted on 03/19/2012 5:39:26 PM PDT by annalex (http://www.catecheticsonline.com/CatenaAurea.php)
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