We are at the end of Advent, the Christian season that looks forward to Christ’s nativity. Today I am not going to tell you what you most probably already know about Advent, its significance and [more…]
Merry Christmas. A day of celebration. The Prince of Peace is Born. This is one of my favourites – I love the Renaissance. Detail from the Mystic Nativity by Sandro Botticelli : This is owned [more…]
Painted in about 1470/75, it is in the National Gallery. One of my favourite carols : Merry Christmas! OldTrout 2018
The fourth Sunday of Advent – #Peace. Maestà, or Maestà of Duccio is an altarpiece composed of many individual paintings commissioned by the city of Siena in 1308 from the artist Duccio di Buoninsegna, 1308–1311 [more…]
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