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- The Census at Bethlehem – Pieter Bruegel the Elder. Pieter Bruegel is one of the most celebrated members of a movement that’s commonly referred to as the Flemish Renaissance.
- The Sistine Madonna – Raphael. Raphael is remembered as one of the most talented artists from the Italian Renaissance. He was known as a prolific painter, as well as a gifted and skilled architect who created a number of impressive paintings related to the Christian religion.
- Snow at Argenteuil – Claude Monet. Claude Monet is remembered as the father of the Impressionist movement, which took place in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
- The Mystical Nativity – Sandro Botticelli. It was common for many artists during the Renaissance to depict earthly scenes along with heavenly beings in the same work.
- Botticelli The Annunciation (1489) The Chapel of the Florentine monastery Cestello commissioned the Florentine Renaissance master Sandro Botticelli to paint the archangel Gabriel visiting the Virgin Mary to deliver the news that she will give birth to the son of God.
- Rembrandt Dream of Joseph (1645) The Flemish painter depicts Christ’s earthly father who agrees to wed Mary when he discovers she is pregnant. In the gospel of Matthew, God sends an angel to Joseph in a dream to explain the divine conception and instructs him to name the child Jesus.
- Hugo van der Goes Mary and Joseph on the Way to Bethlehem (1475) The painting, which is a part of the Portinari Altarpiece, shows Mary and Joseph traveling to Bethlehem.
- Pieter Bruegel the Elder The Census at Bethlehem (1566) Set in a snowy, winter scene inspired by his native Flanders, Pieter Bruegel the Elder depicts Mary and Joseph on their way to be registered in a census ordered by the Romans.
Dec 25, 2020 · 1. The Nativity by Martin Schongauer (1435-1491) 1435–1491, The Nativity by Martin Schongauer. Martin Schongauer was a printmaker, engraver, and painter in a region now Eastern France but at the time a German-speaking part of the Holy Roman Empire. His art exemplified the Gothic art style. This piece is an engraving created approximately 1435-1491.
Dec 5, 2014 · 1 | The Annunciation. Fra Angelico, Convent of San Marco, Florence. Photograph: Convento di San Marco, Florence. Here is the news, delivered by an angel. The Virgin Mary is pregnant. The son of God...
- Pieter Bruegel, The Census at Bethlehem
- Fra Angelico, The Annunciation
- Federico Barrocci, The Nativity
- Norman Rockwell, Christmas Homecoming
- Claude Monet, Snow Scene at Argenteuil
A Flemish village covered in snow is one of the first paintings from Western art to present asnowy landscape. Bruegeldepicted the scene out of his local, daily life on a cold winter’s day, adding only Joseph and the pregnant Virgin Mary on a donkey. The scene is described in Luke 2, 1-5.
This beautiful piece is a transition from the late Gothic style into the Renaissance due to the stylistic transformations between those periods. We can see a complex use of light and perspective, but still the rendering of objects is quite stiff and decorative. The delicate and innocent Mary is presented in an outdoor environment receiving a blessi...
Federico Barocci was an Italian painter active in the Renaissance, considered to have been one of the best painters of his times. In this picture we see Mary kneeling before God. There is an indication of a strong bond between the mother and her child.
This one is a great example of an honest joy. The people in the illustration look so jolly… And that’s what Christmas should be about – laughter, joy, and happiness. Norman Rockwellasked his relatives and friends to pose for this piece to make it look more realistic. We can all imagine the joy of seeing our loved ones during Christmas time.
This Impressionist painting might not remind one of Christmas directly, but I think it has a real Christmas feeling to it, as well as being so beautiful at the same time! It shows a boulevard by the Seine river with lots and lots of snow. It emphasizes the painter’s strong connection to the seasonality of the weather and its colors. Monet‘s way of ...
Dec 23, 2016 · Below are five famous Christmas pieces from the world of modern art. Christmas Eve, Henri Matisse. This piece was originally a design for a stained-glass window that was never realised. The work aligned with the art sacré movement – an attempt to get the best art by the best, not necessarily religious, artists into the church.
May 21, 2020 · Christmas in art can mean many things – from advertisements and cartoons to winter landscapes and nativity scenes. We take a look at some sensationally seasonal artworks. The Adoration of the Magi by Gentile da Fabriano | © WikiCommons. 1. Adoration of the Magi | Gentile da Fabriano Fabriano. Church.
