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Jesus In The Stained Glass Window

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Though shown in many medium types, Jesus is depicted in some way through each one. In the collage, within the stained glass window, Jesus has many depictions, with different reasons why he is depicted that way. Throughout time, art has changed in various ways, but when Jesus is put into art, even though there are similarities, there are many differences. The stained glass window has five different qualities of Jesus shown throughout it. This window also has the Catholic belief about Jesus as well. These are all the different ways Jesus is represented in different images.

In the stained glass window, Jesus is depicted in two main ways, he is represented these ways because of his two forms. He’s portrayed in this medium as Kind and Holy, the reason for this is because it shows both the Divine nature of God and the Human nature of Man. In the stained glass window, Jesus is represented as kind because of the way he is painted, he is painted to have a calm face, with faces around him looking calm. Jesus is depicted as Holy because he has a halo and a slight light …show more content…

The nine qualities of Jesus are love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control, not all of these though are involved, the catholic belief about Jesus is that there are two natures of Jesus, the Divine nature of God and the Human nature of Man. The qualities of Jesus shown are; love, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, and gentleness. The qualities are depicted by Jesus’ calm face and the faces of the people around him being calm. Jesus has both the Divine nature of God and the Human nature of Man, Divinity is shown by the halo around his head, and Humanity is shown by the way he is in contact with people. The qualities of Jesus are; love, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, and gentleness, this image tells the Catholic belief that Jesus has two

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