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Czech Nativity Sheet
Folk costumes fill this nativity sheet from the collection of Milan Zabransky.
Children's Nativity
Even tiny hands can cut and assemble this lovely nativity!
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Swallows Crèche |
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Posted Sep 2, 2010, (10 views)
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| This German pop-up crèche dazzles the eyes. The embossed relief is so life-like, you can almost "read" the images with your fingers and your eyes closed. |
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Ram's Crèche |
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Posted Jun 25, 2010, (148 views)
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| Clever design creates a 3-dimensional nativity out of a single flat sheet. A few cuts and folds, a few tabs slip into their corresponding slots, and The Nativity unfolds before you, set on a verdant platform featuring huge leaves. |
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Set up your own table-top studio |
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Posted Jun 25, 2010, (103 views)
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| I'm frequently asked about what's the best way to shoot nativities, and my answer is always natural light. But for those below-zero days, here are lots of photos and how-to directions so you can set up a simple table-top studio and have fun photographing your collection. |
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L' Étable de Bethléem (The Stable at Bethlehem) |
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Posted Jun 24, 2010, (199 views)
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| L' Étable de Bethléem (The Stable of Bethlehem), a vintage sheet by the French L' Imagerie Epinal, features surprisingly sophisticated construction if rather simple artwork. But who cares? The finished effect—with festooned Gothic arches, a slopping roof, and finished construction inside and out—is wonderful. |
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Monastery Nativity |
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Posted Jun 23, 2010, (1 views)
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| When the ancient 12th Century Spanish Monastery of Our Lady, Queen of the Angels, was dismantled — stone by stone — and brought to Miami, so was this marble Nativity… |
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Epiphany stained glass Window |
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Posted Jun 23, 2010, (6 views)
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| The Epiphany Window of the Catholic Cathedral of the Epiphany in Sioux City, Iowa—depicting the Adoration of the Magi—represent the "Epiphany," the manifestation of Christ to the Kings of the East… |
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Adoration of the Shepherds stained glass window |
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Posted Jun 23, 2010, (13 views)
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| Just across the nave from the equally brilliant Epiphany window, The Adoration of the Shepherds window—by Munich artists Mayer Co.,—adorns a whole wall of the Cathedral of the Epiphany in Sioux City, Iowa… |
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Trumpet Nativity |
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Posted Jun 23, 2010, (82 views)
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| This 12.25 x 10.25 Italian nativity sheet in one folio is made up of 24 pieces that include a one-piece stable, a woman drawing water from a red tile-roofed well, and an angel blowing a trumpet. |
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Neapolitan Presepio—St. John Cantius, Chicago
A stunning, museum-quality presepio, one of the sacred art treasures of St. John Cantius, in...
Alexis 09/01/10 06:08 PM