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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Doug M: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Mike111: [qb] [b]Doug M - I am saying that they depicted figures based on their conversion to Christianity and the lore of Christianity that identified these figures as white to begin with as an artistic tradition. All along the Nile Valley you will find ancient Churches with white images of saints, angels and the holy family. This is nothing new or strange. Seeing as the Byzantines introduced this religion to the Ethiopians, it would only make sense that those Byzantine/Coptic bibles and images that were introduced to Ethiopia would have had white skin.[/b] Like I said above: So are you saying that the Ethiopians simply kowtowed to their European masters? Doug, you seem to be hemming-n-hawing; but you can't have it both ways. Ethiopians knew that Hebrews were Black people, hell some of their own population was Hebrews: Ethiopians knew that Jesus was suppose to be a Hebrew. YET they still depicted him as a White person. It seems clear to me, either they were VERY scared of the Greeks and Romans, or they were OREO'S. [/qb][/QUOTE]You asked the question and I gave you the answer. I wasn't there so I have no idea whether they were forced to paint these images white or whether it was simply their own choice. There are also quite black African images from the same time period so the most likely answer is that it was artistic choice by the artist. Like I said in my original post, some artists STILL paint those images with very light skin. I doubt that this has anything to do with Byzantine "masters". Here is an article on the history of the Ethiopian style: http://www.ethiopianart.org/articles/index.php [/QB][/QUOTE]
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