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The Nativity of Jesus has been a major subject of Christian art since the 4th century. The artistic depictions of the Nativity or birth of Jesus, celebrated at Christmas, are based on the narratives in the Bible, in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, and further elaborated by written, oral and
In the background, a resplendent angel flies over the countryside to announce the coming of the Messiah to the shepherds. In the foreground, we can see a gourd and a walking stick which remind us that the Nativity is just a stage in the Sacred Family 's journey, coming to be counted in Bethlehem .
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The Nativity is an oil painting by Italian Renaissance artist Piero della Francesca, dated to 1470–75. The painting depicts a scene from the birth of Jesus , and is one of the latest surviving paintings made by the artist before his death in 1492.
The Nativity or birth of Jesus Christ is found in the biblical gospels of Matthew and Luke.The two accounts agree that Jesus was born in Bethlehem, in Roman-controlled Judea, that his mother, Mary, was engaged to a man named Joseph, who was descended from King David and was not his biological father, and that his birth was caused by divine intervention.
The Mystical Nativity is a painting in oil on canvas executed c. 1500–1501 by the Italian Renaissance master Sandro Botticelli, in the National Gallery in London. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is his only signed work and has an unusual iconography for a painting of the Nativity .
In that regard the Nativity Ode is to Blake the rebirth of Milton's poetry into the creative imagination of Christ. [11] Blake also sees a return to prophetic, Christian ideals of poetry, rather than the "pagan" classical aesthetic represented in The Overthrow of Apollo and the Pagan Gods by the figure of Apollo, who is modeled on the Apollo ...
The Nativity is an oil on canvas painting by Italian painter Federico Barocci, created in 1597. It depicts the episode of the Nativity of Jesus . It is held in the Museo del Prado , in Madrid .