Cultural Depictions of Jesus - Examples - Sculpture

Sculpture

  • Christ the King in Portugal.

  • Christ the Redeemer, the most famous icon in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

  • Christ Statue in Świebodzin, Poland.

  • Christ in Majesty, Chartres Cathedral

  • Michelangelo's Pietà shows Mary holding the dead body of Jesus.

  • Cristo de la Concordia in Bolivia is the largest statue of Jesus ever made (this distinction is also claimed for the Christ the King statue in Poland).

  • Cristo del Otero, above Palencia, Spain

  • Statue at Santuario di Oropa, Italy

  • 4 ton bronze statue of Jesus placed high in the Andes mountains, on a road between Chile and Argentina.

  • Bertel Thorvaldsen's Christus, Church of Our Lady, Copenhagen

  • Infant Jesus of Prague, one of several miniature statues of an infant Christ that are much venerated by the faithful.

  • Lux Mundi, a statue of Jesus by Tom Tsuchiya to be completed in 2012.

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