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Christmas

Christmas—the Feast of the Incarnation—is celebrated by Christians at the turning of every year. The exhibitions that follow explore the mystery of God-made-flesh, and how Jesus’s conception and birth weave together the worlds of animals, humans, and angels, Jew and Gentile, old and young, rich and poor.

Adoration of the Magi (Panel from the altarpiece of the chancel of Viseu Cathedral) by Vasco Fernandes
The Annunciation and the Adoration of the Magi by Edward Burne-Jones
The Adoration of the Magi by Unknown Neapolitan artist, follower of Giotto

Isaiah 60 And Kings Shall Come

The Magi offer gifts to the Madonna and Child by Unknown Byzantine artist
The Journey of the Magi. Detail from the east wall of the Chapel of the Magi by Benozzo Gozzoli
Adoration of the Magi, by Cristóbal de Villalpando

Matthew 2:1–12 The Adoration of the Magi

Triumph of the Innocents by William Holman Hunt
The Flight into Egypt by Vittore Carpaccio
Flight Into Egypt by Henry Ossawa Tanner

Matthew 2:13–15 The Flight to Egypt

The Visitation by Unknown Cypriot Artist
The Visitation by Pontormo
The Visitation by El Greco

Luke 1:39–45 Quickening Creation

The Birth of Christ, by an unknown artist
The Birth of Christ, by Ki-chang Kim
Nativity, by Paula Rego

Luke 2:7 Unto us a Child is Born

 The Nativity with the Annunciation to the Shepherds and the Adoration of the Shepherds: Upper Tier Panel of The San Pier Maggiore Altarpiece by Jacopo di Cione and workshop
Adoration of the Shepherds by Juan Bautista Maino
The Adoration of the Shepherds by Philippe de Champaigne

Luke 2:8–20 The Adoration of the Shepherds

Madonna Hodegetria (Madonna Hodigitria) by Enrico de Tedice
Enamelled cross of Paschal I (Reliquary of the True Cross) by Roman workshop
Presentation in the Temple by Bernardino Luini

Hebrews 10:1–18 A Willing Victim from His Birth

More Exhibitions

General Resurrection from the Bamberg-Eichstätt Psalter by unknown German artist
Sarcophagus of Theodore by Unknown Italian artist
The Resurrection, Cookham by Stanley Spencer

1 Corinthians 15:35–58 Bodily Resurrection

Yellow Crucifixion by Marc Chagall
Christ appearing to Saint Peter on the Appian Way (Domine, Quo Vadis?) by Annibale Carracci
The Last Judgement by The Last Judgement

1 Peter 4:12–19 Finding Meaning in Suffering

The War in Heaven (pane 7g), part of The Great East Window of York Minster
Saint Michael and the Devil by Unknown Spanish Artist
The Fall of the Rebel Angels by Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Revelation 12:7–12 War in Heaven

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