December 21, 2007

Spot the problems

Test your knowledge of the Gospels against art

Medieval art highlights the problems of public perception.

If you saw some credit in the Archbishop of Canterbury’s comments in my previous post on the view of the nativity, then try yourself out. See how many elements in this piece of fifteenth century art by Domenico Ghirlandaio are either not from the Gospel accounts or represent the influence of Ghirlandaio’s time and environment. For the Biblical elements establish from which Gospel they are drawn. His Nativity was painted for the Sassetti chapel in Santa Trinita, Florence and today is on display in the Uffizi gallery in Florence.

Domenico Ghirlandaio's Nativity

Topic Tags: Ghirlandaio, Gospels, Jesus's birth, nativity, traditions

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by Peter Nathan

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