The Nativity in Art
Art After 1800
The subject of the Nativity becomes surprisingly uncommon in the artistic mainstream after the eighteenth century. Though, popular religious depictions have continued to flourish, despite the competition from secular Christmas imagery.
Rest on the Flight by Philipp Otto Runge, 1806
Edwin Long, Anno Domini, 1883, shows the arrival in Egypt
Flight by Carl Spitzweg, 1875-9
The Journey of the Magi by James Tissot, 1894
Paul Gauguin, Bé Bé, 1896, with a Tahitian setting
Adolf Hölzel, Anbetung, 1912
(Source: Wikipedia, Nativity of Jesus in Art, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nativity_of_Jesus_in_art)
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