For 60 years, Stanley Gordon has painted life-size portraits of ``great achievers'' who caught his eye but never came to his studio: John F. Kennedy, Mother Teresa, Arnold Palmer, Pope John Paul ...

Once stolen along with seven other paintings by Cézanne and recovered for a ransom, The Card Players set the record for the ...

Originally published in December 2002, the Popular Mechanics article “The Real Face of Jesus” created a face for the most famous historical figure in human history. Since then, science has ...

Famous paintings of him — mainly done by Italian artists — show someone of European decent who probably could have rocked a pair of skinny jeans and a man bun.

Chicago-area prodigy Akiane Kramarik made a name for herself in the art world at just 8 years old when her painting of Jesus launched her career.

Jesus has been depicted in art and movies to look like everyone from Brad Pitt to tennis player Bjorn Borg. But what did he really look like? No one knows for sure.

Based on the earliest portraits of Jews, taken from a third century Syrian synagogue, the image was given curly short hair and a trimmed beard. His skin is dark because of the desert climate.

Still, while claiming that Jesus was a particular human appearance of God, the early church did not look for descriptions or portraits of Jesus “from life.” In the earliest Christian images, Christ ...

In another portrait of Mary and Jesus, Chen adapted the halo — a radiant circle surrounding the head of a holy figure — with a Chinese flair. The halo is often found in religious paintings across ...