STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- A new idea about Jesus Christ caused a sensation around ... generically lukewarm versions of Son of God. French painter James Tissot (1836-1910) had a different idea.

For the past three Sundays, Jesus has been progressively revealed — by the Magi, by God at his Baptism in the Jordan ... The 19th-century French artist James (Jacques) Tissot captures today ...