Just in time for Christmas, a long-hidden Nativity scene has surfaced after laying concealed for centuries under another painting. On its surface, the artwork shows the beheading of St. John the ...

Just as many families take treasured decorations—wreaths, ornaments, and nativity ... L.V. Anderson explained the origins of the Christmas nativity scene. The original article is below.

Banksy wants people celebrating Christmas to consider what’s happening in present-day Bethlehem. The elusive street artist’s latest work features a “modified nativity” scene: Joseph and ...

one who uses paint not to describe form but to express feeling. In the 19th and 20th centuries, the subject of the Nativity was relegated to the realms of Bible illustration and Christmas cards.

"It really is quite unusual to find paintings hidden in this way and to discover a nativity scene in this detail and just before Christmas was really incredible." More detailed investigation work ...

history and the art from the masters," he said. "It's a very humbling and emotional experience." (MORE: Romans aghast at their 'toilet brush' Christmas tree) The Nativity scene is by the obelisk ...

In recent years, X-ray imaging has revealed overpainted underdrawings, details and drafts in works by such luminaries as Vermeer, Artemisia Gentileschi, Edgar Degas, René Magritte, Pablo Picasso ...

The Ulster Museum in Belfast is celebrating giving the Christmas gift of an “exceptionally rare” painting of the nativity to visitors ... this painting depicts a scene which is synonymous ...