LOS ANGELES— This month,the Getty Center, in Los Angeles,hosts “Imagining Christ,” May 6through July 27. The exhibition spotlightsdepictions of Jesus in 24illuminated manuscripts from the11th to 16th centuries—including,most notably, the Vita Christi, whichthe museum acquired in February2008 and has yet to unveil in public.The work’s more than 100 illuminationsare said to be among thefinest English Romanesque examplesextant. Accompanying the show isthe series “Three Wise Films,” a trio ofmovies with Christlike protagonists,including Monty Python’s parodicLife of Brian and the Canadiandirector Denys Arcand?s more soberJesus of Montreal, plus a paneldiscussion led by Jack Miles, thePulitzer Prize–winning author ofGod: A Biography.

"Safekeeping the Faith" originally appeared in the May 2008 issue of Art+Auction. For a complete list of articles from this issue available on ARTINFO, see Art+Auction's May 2008 Table of Contents.