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Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas (Calvin Coolidge)
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Maria The light of Christmas
Orazio Gentileschi (1563-1639)
Georges de La Tour. Nativité. Détail. vers 1645. Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rennes, France.
El Greco (1541 – 1614) The Hispanic Society of America, New York.
El Greco (1541 – 1614) Museo del Prado, Madrid
El Greco (1541 – 1614) Museum of Art, Cleveland
Chora church decorated with frescoes in the early 14th century Istanbul
Bernardo Strozzi (1581–1644) The Adoration of the Shepherds - Walters Art Museum (fragment)
Cimabue (1240–1302) Maesta Louvre museum Duccio di Buoninsegna, ca1290 Metropolitan museum Our Lady of St Theodore (10th century), 18th Century copy
Mother of God Goritsy, Russia. 18th Century
Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence.
Michelangelo Buonarroti Pitti Madonna, 1503-1504. Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence
Pictures:Internet All copyrights belong to their respective owners Presentation: Sanda Foişoreanu www.slideshare.net/michaelasanda http://ma-planete.com/michaelasanda 2011 Sound: Christmas Songs - Leontyne Price & Von Karajan