TIME Photo Essay: The Art of Joseph: Joseph's limited profile in Scripture eventually inspired his admirers to greater feats of pious interpretation, resulting in a colorful and varied cavalcade of carpenters. Death of St. Joseph, c. 1740, Piazzetta Giambattista. The Bible does not record Joseph's death; but its very absence eventually convinced interpreters that the causes must have been natural. Eventually this produced a Catholic model for a good death attended by Jesus and Mary. PHOTO BY ART MUSEUM OF ESTONIA, BRIDGEMAN ART LIBRARY/EVERETT
ART MUSEUM OF ESTONIA, BRIDGEMAN ART LIBRARY/EVERETT
The Art of Joseph: Joseph's limited profile in Scripture eventually inspired his admirers to greater feats of pious interpretation, resulting in a colorful and varied cavalcade of carpenters
The Good Death
Death of St. Joseph, c. 1740, Piazzetta Giambattista. The Bible does not record Joseph's death; but its very absence eventually convinced interpreters that the causes must have been natural. Eventually this produced a Catholic model for a good death attended by Jesus and Mary
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FROM THE December 19, 2005 ISSUE OF TIME MAGAZINE; POSTED Tuesday, December 13, 2005

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