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Category Archives: Christmas Carols & songs
Silent night, holy night
Giotto’s masterpiece. Happy Christmas everyOne Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht! Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht! Alles schläft, einsam wacht Nur das traute, hochheilige Paar. Holder Knabe im lockigen Haar, Schlaf in himmlischer Ruh, Schlaf in himmlischer Ruh. Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht! Gottes … Continue reading
Hark !
Some more angelic creatures as perceived by the ” imagician” Giotto Bondone… Hark ! the herald angel sings
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The majesty of the logos
This is Giotto’s beautiful Ognissanto Madonna, originally painted for a Franciscan church in Florence. The Italian title of the painting is “La Maestà di Ognissanti”, pointing to the the majestic quality of the logos or wisdom, giving birth to everything. Johann … Continue reading
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Heissa
This is one of the altar pieces of the Parish Church St Wolfgang, Austria. The artist is Michael Pacher (ca 1430 – 1498) and this beautiful scene is complemented with a traditional Christmas carol from the area. Its a shepherd’s … Continue reading
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Winged bringers of joy
A Giotto angel…one of his wondrous, birdlike creatures. Maybe this is how people saw them in the early 14th century ? Angels we have heard on high Sweetly singing o’er the plains, And the mountains in reply Echoing their joyous … Continue reading
The earliest moon of wintertime
Another nativity by the visionary Giotto.- This one, from the early 1300 is clearly showing the advent from the traditional Byzantine treatment to features of the early Renaissance. The nativity is a scene from a fresco in Assisi. Nobody painted … Continue reading
Rejoice
The 3rd Sunday of Advent is the Gaudete Sunday and a rose-coloured candle is lit on the advent wreath. (A proper advent wreath has 3 violet and one rose coloured candle) Gaudete means “rejoice” … When I looked for suitable music, … Continue reading
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A human expression
Another Giotto Madonna… This is from his earlier work, still in the fashion of the Byzantine style but about to break free. Maybe this is why I am so drawn to Giotto. His artwork is all about giving the divine … Continue reading
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Away in a mager
I absolutely adore Giotto. Giotto di Bondone (1266 – 1337), better known simply as Giotto, was an Italian painter and architect from Florence in the late Middle Ages. He is generally considered the first in a line of great artists who contributed to the Italian Renaissance. This … Continue reading
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Wo, wo, wo ?
My favorite nativity paintings are those of Giotto Bondone ( ca 1300) (wo,wo,wo means where, where, where – from the text of the attached christmas cantata) Michael Praetorius, In natali Domini In natali Domini clamant mortales ex singuli: Wo ist … Continue reading
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