Nativity imagery dominated Renaissance art.The Nativity story continued to expand within Christian devotional culture well after Francis’ death. In 1291, Pope Nicholas IV, the first Franciscan ...

He and his son, an endocrine surgeon named Gianlorenzo Dionigi, have for years enjoyed studying art and ... of Shepherds by Renaissance painter Alessandro Bonvicino. Beyond Nativity scenes ...

“The Vatican wants the Nativity scene and Christmas tree this ... It also mentions precedents as diverse as Renaissance art, the neo-baroque, and the work of self-taught artists.

The Nativity will be on display in Art Gallery 1, Renaissance to Romanticism, from December 12. For more information visit ulstermuseum.org ...

About midway through "Revealing the African Presence in Renaissance Europe," a show of more than 65 works of art depicting black ... one of the three Magi in Nativity scenes (such as the one ...

Time and overly enthusiastic cleaning had dealt enough damage to Piero Della Francesca’s masterful nativity painting ... in the ultimate Renaissance faux pas, the work was wrongly framed ...

“Black Nativity” is a cherished cultural tradition to some and completely unknown to others. But Hughes is one of a handful of artists whose work spanned both the Harlem Renaissance and the ...

external "For many, being part of a nativity ... art at National Museums NI Anne Stewart said she was delighted to have acquired "this remarkable painting". "Currently, there are no High ...