One of the most tedious tropes surrounding Christian art is that mocking portrayals of a blond Caucasian Jesus. This is done in ignorance the fact that every culture portrays the Holy Family in the local context. The very first Christian art saw Jesus depicted as a beardless youth resembling a Roman god; the Magi were depicted as contemporary Persians. Yesterday I used a Korean version of the Nativity and today I present other indigenous visions of that scene in Bethlehem.
