The Christmas Story told through paintings - Hardcover

Muhlberger, Richard

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9780575049253: The Christmas Story told through paintings

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ISBN 10: 0575049251 ISBN 13: 9780575049253

Publisher: Gollancz, 1990

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The story of Christ's birth, as told by Matthew and Luke, has inspired many great paintings. Here, coupled with excerpts from the King James Version of the Bible, a selection of paintings follows each episode of the biblical story. From Jan van Eyck's "Annunciation to the Virgin" to Mantegna's portrayal of shepherds adoring Jesus and Sassetts's "Journey of the Magi", each painting is accompanied by Richard Muhlberger's commentary. The narrative discusses subjects such as the identity of the Magi, how Christmas came to be celebrated as an annual festival and the ways in which artists invested familiar objects with spiritual significance. It also includes information on the artists and their times.

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Review:

"Illustrated with classic paintings, the story of Christmas - from Advent to the Epiphany - for all ages" --The Bookseller

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art is the largest museum in the Western Hemisphere and the world most encyclopedic art museum under one roof. Founded in 1870, the museum embraces more than two million works of art spanning 5,000 years of world culture, from prehistory to the present, in all artistic media and at the highest levels of creative excellence.

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