Different times, different cultures. The universal Jesus.
The Chi Rho with a wreath symbolizing the victory of the Resurrection, above Roman soldiers, about the year 350.
The earliest crucifixion in an illuminated manuscript, from the Rabbula Gospels also shows the resurrection. A 6th-century illuminated Syriac Gospel Book.
Fra Angelica, around 1443. Now Blessed Fra Angelica
El Greco, 1577.
Skipping a few centuries to some contemporary renderings
Arcabas (Jean Marie Pirot), 1998. Life not death, and a large painting. Compare the size with the altar and furniture. Go here to learn about him:ARCABAS – Contemporary religious art museum
And the Chinese Christian painter He Qi – Go here – Art Works of He Qi .::About Artist::.
No banner; instead a lily. And check out the women.
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