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Nativity in Art The Birth of Christ in European Painting
A discussion of nativity art traces five main themes The Annunciation Nativity Adoration of the Magi Flight into Egypt and the Home at Nazareth It explains how legends and apocryphal texts shaped icons and symbols such as lilies and the olive branch and notes how painters convey Mary’s beauty and child Jesus with imagination and reverence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethlehem
Jesus
Christ
Mary
Bus de Voragine
Konrad of
Fusselbrunn
Walther of
Rheinau
Kroswitha
Justin Martyr
St. Jerome
St. Bernard
Protevangelium
Lot
Nazareth
Joseph
Palestine
Matthew
Isaiah
Egypt
Elizabeth
John the Baptist
Murillo
Herod
Jerusalem
Paradise