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THE CHRISTMAS STORY IN RENAISSANCE ART

Dr. Paula Nuttall

Thursday, December 8, 2022, 11:00 AM

Lovat Hall, Silver Street, Newport Pagnell, UK MK16 0EJ (In-Person)

The Christmas story is related through a series of well-loved paintings and illuminated manuscripts by Flemish and Italian artists.

This lecture tells the Christmas story through a selection of well-loved paintings and illuminated manuscripts by Italian and Flemish artists, including Botticelli, Fra Angelico and Jan van Eyck, together with many less well-known images.

From the Annunciation to the Nativity, the Journey of the Kings and the Flight into Egypt, it explores the rich symbolism of Christmas imagery, highlights the ways in which spiritual ideas and devotional practice shaped the depiction of the narrative, and introduces some less familiar aspects of the story, such as the Midwives and Joseph’s stockings.

THE ARTS SOCIETY ACCREDITED LECTURER

DR PAULA NUTTALL - Director of V&A Medieval and Renaissance Year Course. Specialist in Renaissance art, both Italian and northern European, on which she has published widely, notably From Flanders to Florence: the Impact of Netherlandish Painting 1400-1500 (Yale, 2004). Has collaborated on major exhibitions including Jan van Eyck: an Optical Revolution (Ghent, 2020). Formerly lecturer at the Courtauld Institute and the British Institute of Florence.

For more information: https://theartssociety.org/events/christmas-story-renaissance-art