The Nativity in Italian Renaissance Art

Dec 19, 2020 823

BY: Laura Morelli

On December 25, Christians around the world celebrate the birth of Christ as it’s described in the Gospels. Over the course of centuries, artists experimented with different ways to retell the humble yet extraordinary story of the Virgin Mary’s delivery of a savior in the form of an infant. 

For Italian Renaissance artists, the subject of the Nativity became fodder for different types of artistic experimentation. According to legend, the tradition of live nativity scenes began with Saint Francis of Assisi, who first reenacted the birth of Christ using actors and animals performing for a public audience in the central Italian town of Greccio in 1223. 

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SOURCE: https://www.italymagazine.com

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