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The Child Jesus also known as Divine Infant, Baby Jesus, Infant Jesus, Christ Child refers to Jesus Christ from his Nativity to age 12. Upon reaching 13 years old he was considered to be an adult in accordance with the Jewish custom of his time. The canonical gospels say nothing of Jesus' childhood between his infancy and the Finding in the Temple at the age of twelve. From about the third or fourth century onwards, the child Jesus is frequently shown in paintings, and sculpture. Commonly these are Nativity scenes showing the birth of Jesus, with his mother, Mary, and his foster father Joseph. Depictions as a baby with the Blessed Virgin Mary, known as ''Madonna and Child'', are iconographical types in Eastern and Western traditions. Other scenes from his time as a baby, of his circumcision, presentation at the temple, the Adoration of the Three Magi, and the Flight to Egypt, are common.〔''Signs & symbols in Christian art'', George Ferguson, 1966, Oxford University Press US, p.76〕 Scenes showing his developing years are more rare but not unknown. ==During the Middle Ages== During the Middle Ages, the infant Jesus was represented as an icon of purity and innocence. The popularity of the Christ child was well known in Spain under the title ''Montanesino'' after the Santero sculpture "Montanes" who began the trend. These icons of the Christ Child was often posed in the ''Contrapposto'' style in which the positioning of the knees reflected in the opposite direction, similar to ancient depictions of the Roman Emperor. The depiction of the infant Child Jesus as naked during these times were not due to a sexual attempt to eroticize the trend, rather done to emphasize the perceived "innocence" and "virginity" of the Christ as a pious way to worship the supreme deity. The growth of images being made were quite popular among nobility, while some images were also used to colonize kingdoms such of Spain and Portugal. Colonial images of the Christ child also began to wear vestments, a pious practice developed by the Santero culture in later colonial years, carrying the depiction of holding the globus cruciger, a bird symbolizing a Soul or Holy Spirit or various paraphernalias related to its locality or region. The symbolism of the Child Jesus in art reached its apex during the Renaissance: the holy family was a central theme in the works of Leonardo da Vinci and many other masters.〔("Holy Family", Encyclopedia Britannica Online )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Child Jesus」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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