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A visual short history
Trace the development of the iconography of nativities, from the high Byzantine art to lithographic masterpieces.
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Away in a Manger
The beautiful icons that have inspired countless through the ages—including the gifted artists who created our beloved creches—once were the object of extreme hate. From Byzantium to the Tyrol? Just about... |
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Nacimientos Mexicanos
By Judith Davis
We're delighted to feature on our pages Judith Davis, Vice President of the Friends of the Creche (a society dedicated to the Christmas Nativity). Judy shares her colorful collection and takes us on a trip South of the border to visit gifted Nacimiento Artists: "Nacimiento, Presepio, Crèche, Krippe, Pesebre, Belén— it doesn’t matter what language you speak—" she writes, "these words all describe that most wonderful of phenomena—the popular representation of the Nativity, the birth of Jesus Christ... Before long the custom of making Nativities spread from Italy to France and to Spain... And so it was that the nacimiento arrived in the New World with the conquistadores and frailes in the 16th century..."
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