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Christmas Nativity in Art Across Ages and Places
Editor notes that the Gospel story is simple yet imagination enriches it through centuries and cultures. From Neapolitan creches with ornate figures to grand museum displays, artisans, patrons, and places like Naples, Rome, and New York reinterpret the Christmas story with music, stagecraft, and living tableaux, linking sacred and festive traditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethlehem
Rome
Church of San Marco
Palazzo di Venezia
Mussolini
Naples
Nicholas
New York
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Matthew
Luke
Museo Nazionale di San Martino
Munich
Bayerisches National
Giuseppe Sammartino
Castor
Pollux
Linn
Howard
Loretta Hines Howard
Dayton
Ohio
Howell Howard
Hines
Metropolitan Museum
Maria Carolina
Linn Howard
J.P. Morgan
Jacob Marley
Charles Dickens
Franklin D Roosevelt
Wadsworth Atheneum
Hartford
Pittsburgh
Temple
Boston
Museum of Fine Arts
St. Francis
Greccia
John Cornish