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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 artistic tradition.
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 ...
The Nativity with Saint Francis and Saint Lawrence is a painting of the nativity of Jesus from 1609 by Italian painter Caravaggio. It has been missing since 1969 when it was stolen from the Oratory of Saint Lawrence in Palermo. Investigators believe the painting changed hands among the Sicilian Mafia in the decades following the robbery and may ...
These scenes also could form part of cycles of the Life of the Virgin: Annunciation to Mary, showing the conception of Jesus; Nativity of Jesus in art; Adoration of the Magi (Three Kings), sometimes combined with the Adoration of the Shepherds; Circumcision of Christ; Presentation of Jesus; Flight to Egypt, or the Massacre of the Innocents.
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. Held by the National Gallery in London, it measures 124.4 cm × 122.6 cm (49.0 in × 48.3 in). [1]
Gallery of the Sistine Chapel ceiling. The iconic image of the Hand of God giving life to Adam. The Sistine Chapel ceiling, painted by Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512, is one of the most renowned artworks of the High Renaissance. Central to the ceiling decoration are nine scenes from the Book of Genesis of which The Creation of Adam is the ...
The most famous panel is a Nativity scene, which is combined with an Annunciation at left, an Adoration of the Shepherds at right, and a Washing of the Christ Child at the bottom. [11] The Virgin Mary appears twice, [12] as does the baby Jesus. The Jesus in the bath, as usual seeming rather well-developed for a newborn, has lost his head and an ...
Other scenes from the Gospels are the Noli me tangere, where Mary Magdalen mistakes Christ for a gardener, the scene of Doubting Thomas, and the Meal at Emmaus, the first post-Resurrection scene in the Gospel of Luke. The famous Romanesque reliefs of c. 1100 in the cloister of the Abbey of Santo Domingo de Silos devote large panels to both the ...