REFLECTIONS ON CHRISTIAN ICONOGRAPHY

REFLECTIONS ON CHRISTIAN ICONOGRAPHY

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The Mysery of the Incarnation Revealed

The Mysery of the Incarnation Revealed

Art of the Presentation

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Solrunn Nes
Feb 03, 2025
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The Mysery of the Incarnation Revealed
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Yesterday, the 2nd of February, was the Feast of the Presentation of the child Jesus in the Temple. He had been revealed to the world before, when the shepherds and the magi had sought him and found him in Bethlehem. However, this time the manifestation of the Messiah was a more formal and distinctively religious event. We know very little about the two persons who received the Holy Family in the Temple. Simeon and Anna were both elderly, and they were both devout Jews who had been waiting for the Anointed One’s redemption of his people. Below, I present five photographs of works I have worked on, both original iconographic art and a reconstruction of a late medieval altar frontal, illustrating this rich motif of the Presentation.

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