“The Real Face of Jesus?
” is a HISTORY channel special that seek to answer the question - What did Jesus look like? It shows the journey of Ray Downing (Studio Macbeth) and his team of graphic artist as they attempt to create a 3D image of Jesus based on The Shroud of Turin *.
” is a HISTORY channel special that seek to answer the question - What did Jesus look like? It shows the journey of Ray Downing (Studio Macbeth) and his team of graphic artist as they attempt to create a 3D image of Jesus based on The Shroud of Turin *.
Downing states: “Anywhere you go in the world people will recognize the face of Jesus. And the irony is nobody actually knows what he looks like… There’s been a long history of people depicting the face of Jesus over the centuries. Whatever was available to them - oil painting, frescos, you name it. And it’s only natural that we would use the technology of today to do the same thing.”
After 6 months of hard work and using the latest in 3D software, Downing and his team came up with what maybe the most accurate face of Jesus Christ ever made.
The special however, perhaps to add a kind of "X-Files" atmosphere, attempts in vain to link the Shroud with the “ancient wisdom” of the Gnostics. I find these parts unnecessary, distracting and misleading as there is no historical evidence that Gnosticism had anything to do with the Relic. That aside, I find the documentary informative and a “must see” for believers and skeptics of the Shroud’s authenticity alike. As John Jackson, lead scientist of STURP (Shroud of Turin Research Project) ponders: “If anyone is interested in Jesus, if anyone loves Jesus, (then) why wouldn’t they want to see what he looked like 3 dimensionally, 2 thousand years ago?”
The following are some images from the documentary:
* The Shroud is a Christian relic bearing the image of a man many believe to be Jesus Christ.
I’m planning to post a more detailed blog about it in the future.
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