https://anitamathias.com/2011/04/18/ravenna-mosaics-apollinaire-at-classe/ Anita Mathias's Blog on Faith and Art Thu, 14 Nov 2013 01:20:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://anitamathias.com/2011/04/18/ravenna-mosaics-apollinaire-at-classe/#comment-16312 Tue, 19 Apr 2011 13:15:09 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/2011/04/18/ravenna-mosaics-apollinaire-at-classe/#comment-16312 Cool. Never seen/heard of those. I have visited Rome twice, but am a bit claustrophobic, so have never been in the catacombs. Perhaps one day–or perhaps not!!

]]> https://anitamathias.com/2011/04/18/ravenna-mosaics-apollinaire-at-classe/#comment-16311 Tue, 19 Apr 2011 13:10:57 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/2011/04/18/ravenna-mosaics-apollinaire-at-classe/#comment-16311 “Funny, how the Christian imagination has almost always represented Christ in the same way–long, lean bearded face, piercing eyes.”
No, actually. That was an image that eventually prevailed, since it was adopted by the imperial artists. But some images of him in the catacombs show him as a young, beardless, curly-headed shepherd.

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