Painters were sensitive in not depicting too brutal images of the Passion of Christ, they would have been too intimidating and repulsive to the people. It was better to magnify his being innocent and undeserving of such torments. I, for one, do not need to be shocked by blood and gore to fully appreciate and be grateful for God’s gift to humanity.
Understood. Still, they’re willing to show Him enduring the excruciating agony on the cross, as we’ll see, which seems like a distinction without a difference.