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Star of Bethlehem. Adoration of the Magi by Florentine painter Giotto di Bondone (1267–1337). The Star of Bethlehem is shown as a comet above the child. Giotto witnessed an appearance of Halley's Comet in 1301. The Star of Bethlehem, or Christmas Star, [1] appears in the nativity story of the Gospel of Matthew chapter 2 where "wise men from ...
Ornithogalum umbellatum, the garden star-of-Bethlehem, grass lily, nap-at-noon, or eleven-o'clock lady, a species of the genus Ornithogalum, is a perennial bulbous flowering plant in the asparagus family (Asparagaceae). O. umbellatum is a relatively short plant, occurring in tufts of basal linear leaves, producing conspicuous white flowers, in ...
Ornithogalum. See text. Ornithogalum is a genus of perennial plants mostly native to southern Europe and southern Africa [3] belonging to the family Asparagaceae. Some species are native to other areas such as the Caucasus. [4] Some species are classified as noxious invasive weeds in some portions of North America.
Neapolitan presepio at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh Detail of an elaborate Neapolitan presepio in Rome. In the Christian tradition, a nativity scene (also known as a manger scene, crib, crèche (/ k r ɛ ʃ / or / k r eɪ ʃ /), or in Italian presepio or presepe, or Bethlehem) is the special exhibition, particularly during the Christmas season, of art objects representing the birth ...
What we thought about the Biblical story about the Star of Bethlehem may actually be entirely different.
Most scholars regard the Star of Bethlehem account to be a pious fiction, of literary and theological value, rather than historical. Nonetheless, attempts have been made to interpret it as an astronomical event, which might then help date Jesus' birth through the use of ancient astronomical records, or modern astronomical calculations.
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 artistic tradition. Christian art includes a great many representations of the Virgin Mary and the Christ Child.
The Star of Bethlehem is a painting in watercolour by Sir Edward Burne-Jones depicting the Adoration of the Magi with an angel holding the star of Bethlehem.It was commissioned by the Corporation of the City of Birmingham for its new Museum and Art Gallery in 1887, [1] two years after Burne-Jones was elected Honorary President of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists.