Hope you get a smile out of these. Each painting seemed to tell me a different story than intended - so I added text to reveal what I saw. (I respect the paintings, and placed the captions so as not to obscure the characters and details.)
And please - I'm not knocking it - Christmas really is a wonderful time of year. I see complete strangers being kinder, more cheerful, and ready to talk to each other in a way they never otherwise would. My best Christmas was in Sydney, 1983. As I traveled alone through that huge, usually unfriendly city, my heart lit up as, one after the other, *everyone* I met was cheerful and kind and - for a brief few hours - totally my friend.
May it always be so!!
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Merry Clickmas
Detail from The Allendale Nativity; 'Adoration of the Shepherds' by Giorgione. (Modernized)
Parenthood 101
'The Adoration of the Shepards' by Mattia Preti
A Miracle!
Barocci, Federico ~ The Nativity, 1597, oil on canvas, Museo del Prado, Madrid
The details are extraordinary.
Always Read the Small-print
'Holy Nativity' by Pierre (French artist. I know no more.)
He was *really* with the light thing, eh?
The Original Christmas Gift
My favourite. This is utterly adorable. Those faces!!
This guy was genius.
I thought it was modern, but no.
This guy was genius.
I thought it was modern, but no.
'The Adoration of the Child'
GERRIT VAN HONTHORST
GERRIT VAN HONTHORST
There's One in Every Crowd
Artist: I've yet to track this one done, curiously enough.
Will try again.
A New Light in the World
Artist: Antonio da Correggio. 'Nativity (Adoration of the Shepherds)'
Osram used many top-fight artists from the very beginning of its advertising drive. The images were all extraordinarily beautiful.
Which, I guess, is why I was reminded of those works of art in this.
Which, I guess, is why I was reminded of those works of art in this.
The light really is beautiful.
Silent Night
Artist: Anton Raphael Mengs