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| The Face - Jesus in Art | 
 enlarge | Actors: Craig Macgowan, Mel Gibson, Edward Herrmann, Bill Moyers
Studio: USCCB Publishing
Category: Video
Buy New: $29.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 33545
Format: Color, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: VHS Tape
Running Time: 120 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 076972180X
UPC: 032031218031
EAN: 9780769721804
ASIN: B00005BCL3
Theatrical Release Date: 2001
Release Date: April 10, 2001
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Condition: Brand new! Factory sealed! Fast shipping. (u19)
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 The Face - Jesus in Art January 19, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Very informative and incredibly well done. A thorough history of how the face of Jesus has been depicted throughout the ages. I would highly recommend this DVD to anyone with an interest in Art History or Christianity.
Jerry M.
Michigan
Face to face with Jesus January 1, 2008
The morphing from one picture of Jesus to another is moving. The documentary is respectful and not at all like some Jesus documentaries that belittle one's faith.
 Great short lesson April 6, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you have to teach 30,000 years of Art History in a semester, this is a great tool. I use the first chapter ("In the Beginning) to illustrate the origins of Christian art. There is very little "faith based" information, just a lot of facts. Most of the art is viewed in context rather than in museums with cultural explanations.
An intresting documentary March 13, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I came upon this with no feelings whatsoever. In our class, our teacher announced that we would watch a movie today. So, we proceeded to see this film. It is a very interesting film with good closeup images of art. It also teaches you a lot, (such as what the catacombs look like, icons, and how hard it is to make a mosaic on the size artists were making them.)
Excellent Overview that understands art... January 1, 2007
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
The works selected are often some of the most significant and well-regarded images of Jesus. Clearly, a great deal of thought and scholarship went into selecting the works and the way they are put together. The music enhances the visual a great deal. Unfortunately, the music for the most part is a "stylized" sampling of something else, and not either an original soundtrack, nor a complete performance that is used. There is a composer given music credit for the show, but the score is a lot of "samples" from other literature including Godspell and other Jesus related works, that are "homogenized" to create a "new" work. As careful as the producers are in production, their lack of citations of original art works and locations, and original music and composers, is disappointing and not of the level of the production. A little more detail to the citations would have made the work even more special.
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