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The earliest moon of wintertime
Another nativity by the visionary Giotto.- This one, from the early 1300 is clearly showing the advent from the traditional Byzantine treatment to features of the early Renaissance. The nativity is a...
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Winged bringers of joy
A Giotto angel…one of his wondrous, birdlike creatures. Maybe this is how people saw them in the early 14th century ? Giotto ca 1305; from the Dream of Joachim, Scrovegni (Arena) Chapel, Padua, Italy...
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The majesty of the logos
This is Giotto’s beautiful Ognissanto Madonna, originally painted for a Franciscan church in Florence. The Italian title of the painting is “La Maestà di Ognissanti”, pointing to the the majestic...
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Hark !
Some more angelic creatures as perceived by the ” imagician” Giotto Bondone… Download: 05-hark-the-herald-angels.mp3 Hark ! the herald angel sings
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Silent night, holy night
Giotto’s masterpiece. Happy Christmas everyOne Giotto ” Nativity” – fresco ca 1304, Scrovegni (Arena) Chapel, Padua, Italy Download: 09-stille-nacht_1975.mp3 Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht! Stille Nacht,...
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Behold, you have been raised above the choir of angels
Geertgen tot Sin’s Madonna with child, ca 1480 in the Netherlands, about 40 years after Van Eycks death. Fascinating symbolism, complemented by the sacred music of a 16th century Venetian…. Giovanni...
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A wondrous comet appeared…
In 1552, a curious and lavishly illustrated manuscript titled Augsburg Book of Miraculous Signs appeared in the City of Augsburg, then a part of the Holy Roman Empire, located in present-day Germany....
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