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→Range of depictions: no citation cited. Also, China doesn’t represent all of “Asia”; Jesus himself would’ve technically been from what is now also considered “Asia”. Also, the Philippine painting appears to depict a more “Eurocentric”/lighter-skinned depiction of Jesus. Unless they’re not “Asian”. |
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{{See also|God the Father in Western art}}
[[File:Iyesus (Ethiopia).jpg|thumb|An 18th-century [[Ethiopian art|Ethiopian image]] of Jesus]]
Certain local traditions have maintained different depictions, sometimes reflecting local racial characteristics, as do the Catholic and Orthodox depictions. The [[Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria|Coptic Church]] of [[Egypt]] separated in the 5th century, and has a distinctive depiction of Jesus, consistent with [[Coptic art]]. The [[Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church|Ethiopian Church]], also Coptic, developed on Coptic traditions, but shows Jesus and all Biblical figures with the [[Ethiopian]] appearance of its members.{{citation needed|date=March 2011}} Other traditions in China, Central Asia and elsewhere
In modern times such variation has become more common, but images following the traditional depiction in both physical appearance and clothing are still dominant, perhaps surprisingly so. In Europe, local ethnic tendencies in depictions of Jesus can be seen, for example in Spanish, German, or [[Early Netherlandish painting]], but almost always surrounding figures are still more strongly characterised. For example, the [[Virgin Mary]], after the vision reported by [[Bridget of Sweden]], was often shown with blonde hair, but Christ's is very rarely paler than a light brown.
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