For centuries, the most influential artists painted portraits and sculpted monumental images of Jesus Christ, whose powerful and timeless image has had an immeasurable influence on global art and culture. With narration by Mel Gibson, Bill Moyers, Stacy Keach, Patricia Neal, and Edward Herrmann, The Face: Jesus in Art traces the use of Jesus' image in art over a 2000-year period, from ancient Rome and 20th-century America to Europe and the Middle East. The documentary captures an unprecedented collection of art works - from Michelangelo's Pietà to the rock-carved churches of Cappadocia in the desert badlands of Turkey to the catacombs beneath Rome, where the earliest images of Jesus are viewed by candlelight.

Saturday, 3/22/08 from 2-4 a.m. ET

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