The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-03
FIVE FAMOUS HEADS OF CHRIST
The Face of Our Divine Lord as It Has Been Portrayed
by Some Of the Most Famous Masters
In the World Of ART.

Amons the many beautiful conceptions Of the divine face of Christ tina ..rusts
10 most people. hat they have beenu Universally declared to be masterpieces Of s-
cred art. These nve famous Heads of Christ" are here reproduced. They form a
thai both saint and me vii study wnh interest
The picture Of the Saviour of mankn shown with the face in profile. straight
All falling down to thu shoulders and . look of intense arnestness IN the yes is
taken from the wordfamous painting o Christ BeforeP PLATE" by Munkacsy
This pantnsh has been exhibited III over thu world n copies of 1T hans N III
walls of countless home 1t represents Christ at one of the most trying periods Of
his troubled ne.~ he brought mOt h presence OF Ponuus Plate for declaring
hhmshf to be the son OF God
The pctures Infer from almost all other famous pictures of christ. in that II
depicts him with features that are stern ad set ant with little trace of he
with the rsbbae bowling around him christ faces PLATE. m we're it not for the
position OF thu two. PLATE m his throne. Christ standing before lin, 1T would seem
that the relations were reversed that Plate s the accused Christ thu
accuser
The ms.teryh hand of the artist s thrown into he upturned face of Christ
ing it. and marks clearly thu distinction between the divine and the human in thu
throng
uans love to look for in HI face of Christ, the masterphc of tn modern artist
Hoffman, is thu ont to trn to- he head of Christ is taken from Honmans
crook in hand knocking at he portals ola home The ender sweetness of he
face which is turned fn towards n spectator is wonderfully how II is a
face which enteness is emphasized b the settled melancholy If a man of sor-
n acquainted with grief" 1t is pleading, pathetic. tut not weak The
artist has ennobedt tn features of Christ SO that the womany attributes of gen.
tenes AM sympathy are made majestic " The strong manly attributes that save
thu face from an suggestion of eneminacy. he attitude is dhniheda d expec-
tat the faces calmly seriously, solemnly impressive.
Raphael has given us the beautifully head of Christ. shown with tho crown of
thornsU The brow. II is taken from tn picture entitled" Carrying The Cross" 1t
Is one of thu most pathetic of tho entire gallery n the face on of the most
interesting studies of all pictures Of Christ.
wooden cross h suffering eyes l%k patiently nut from thu hadow Of
the plated crown of horns whose sharp thorns pece.the forehead The genius of
n,.n,rr s-n ,ha smn,,nv %, r. ALVIN ua,ra en-, nroun,aa ,o ,,ar.no.
Forgive them, Father. for they now not what they do"
face one n heavenly beauty and tenderness ever in the dreadfu our Of the cross
showing Christ in the agomes of hsE as hours with the crown of thorns on his
head IN dying eyes turned heavenward. 1t is one Of the most pathetic of al the
Heads of Christ m is a great favortew with church people. 1t is doubtful
whether n artist has given us a moreb beautiful conception of Christ than has
Guido REM in his" Ecce Homo"
A pcture tina is unique among the conceptions of Christ is hi of Titan.
called the Tribute Money" Christ is here how with a calmly judicial face
with a ting of the adne hat a IL artists tmpart to the sauours features it is
the faceof one who reasonsc onvtncngy, but without a hade of triumph over the
successful turning of the tables On one III has aid a trap 1t is a strong face.
GodIfke in the wisdom that reveals and conveying with grat skr the TX
preston OF solemn plying rebuke thai b*htst the subject