Infant Jesus Analysis

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The infant Jesus sculpture is simple with complex features. Simple, because the sculpture is fundamentally a standing baby. This standing baby has minimal detail on the body. There are a few line wrinkles on the legs and a circle for a belly button. However, there is detail on the face. The face of the sculpture is much more complex than the body. The infant Jesus has a full head of hair with a standout widow's peak hairline. There is a handful of detail markings on the wood that shaped the sculptures hair and face. There is color on the wood. Black hair, black eyebrows, rosy cheeks and eyes that were probably painted brown, but time has made that hard to tell. The face of the sculpture is generalized. Although there is detail on the sculpture's face, there isn't any detail on the face that screams “this is a specific infant”. In other words, the sculpture shares characteristics with the infant Jesus face found when typing infant Jesus on a Google Image search. Stylized characteristics shared with countless other Infant Jesus portrayals. The infant Jesus sculpture is idealized. Better put: …show more content…
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