Picture Jesus of Nazareth: Interpretation from the Shroud of Turin
From time to time we see various interpretations of the image on the Shroud of Turin. I like this one. I have only a couple of small observations. Almost all interpretations show Jesus with a forked beard, which I think is obvious on the shroud face. I also think the nose is more flared at the bottom. But then, again, this is an interpretation. Here are the details:
Artist: Broglio, Pietro
Description: Jesus of Nazareth. A reproduction of the face of Jesus, from the shroud of Turin
Form of Art: Painting
Style: Realism
Genre: Portrait
Media: Acrylic
Year: 2008
Size: 40x30x5cm
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Is the Shroud real? Probably.
The Shroud of Turin may be the real burial cloth of Jesus. The carbon dating, once seemingly proving it was a medieval fake, is now widely thought of as suspect and meaningless. Even the famous Atheist Richard Dawkins admits it is controversial. Christopher Ramsey, the director of the Oxford Radiocarbon Laboratory, thinks more testing is needed. So do many other scientists and archeologists. This is because there are significant scientific and non-religious reasons to doubt the validity of the tests. Chemical analysis, all nicely peer-reviewed in scientific journals and subsequently confirmed by numerous chemists, shows that samples tested are chemically unlike the whole cloth. It was probably a mixture of older threads and newer threads woven into the cloth as part of a medieval repair. Recent robust statistical studies add weight to this theory. Philip Ball, the former physical science editor for Nature when the carbon dating results were published, recently wrote: “It’s fair to say that, despite the seemingly definitive tests in 1988, the status of the Shroud of Turin is murkier than ever.” If we wish to be scientific we must admit we do not know how old the cloth is. But if the newer thread is about half of what was tested – and some evidence suggests that – it is possible that the cloth is from the time of Christ.
No one has a good idea how front and back images of a crucified man came to be on the cloth. Yes, it is possible to create images that look similar. But no one has created images that match the chemistry, peculiar superficiality and profoundly mysterious three-dimensional information content of the images on the Shroud. Again, this is all published in peer-reviewed scientific journals.
We simply do not have enough reliable information to arrive at a scientifically rigorous conclusion. Years ago, as a skeptic of the Shroud, I came to realize that while I might believe it was a fake, I could not know so from the facts. Now, as someone who believes it is the real burial shroud of Jesus of Nazareth, I similarly realize that a leap of faith over unanswered questions is essential.
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Yes, one can argue about the forked beard, but I thought, one can wear his beard, in many different ways.
I tried also to represnet Jesus at his younger days.
See the painting, Maria and Jesus, at the age of 11.
Ciao, e bella giornata
Pietro Broglio
Well, I was not very satisfied, of this painting.
Many scientist claim, that the shroud is dated into the 12th century. So I repainted it, and gave him a more oriental look, also with a forked beard.
Hope that you’ll like it.
Here the link where you can see it.
http://www.artabus.com/broglio/jesusofnazareth
Greeting from Pietro Broglio