On the art historical side, this means a descriptive and analytic fidelity to the optical data of the painting and not simply its classification according to school and style. (religion-online.org)
Yet at the same time, if we want to truly understand what the Gospel authors were saying, we need to do our best to let them provide the details they think are important, and try to set aside the rest as nothing more than interesting historical side notes. (redeeminggod.com)
And, the intellectual and historical side would astound all of you! (religion.blogs.cnn.com)